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The Rock Traverse

5.10, TR, 130 ft (39 m),  Avg: 3.7 from 3 votes
FA: unknown
Washington > Central-W Casca… > Greater Seattle… > Seattle > UW Rock
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Description

Start on the west face of the tower, traverse to the right. traverse the entirety of the walls using any holds and cracks available to you. 

Protection

gravel

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Shawn S
Seattle WA
 
[Hide Comment] Last spring, I was able to figure out the whole wall traverse only using 2 of the rocks as hands, all other hands are cracks/corners/imperfections in the concrete; all feet are on/all rocks are feet (ARF). Shoutout to Zachary K. for helping with the beta! We only needed one rock on east wall, south facing & one rock on west wall, north facing; it was a fun eliminate, probably V4/5/5.12ish overall. Anyone ever do it in less "holds"? Nov 9, 2022
Hangdog Hank
Leavenworth, WA
  5.10
[Hide Comment] Shawn, have you tried the traverse with all rocks for hands only features and cracks for feet. I'd be curious if that would go? Nov 9, 2022
Shawn S
Seattle WA
 
[Hide Comment] Haven't tried that variation yet, sounds slippery! Nov 10, 2022