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Pressure Drop

Name: Pressure Drop
Rating: 3.3

5.11d YDS 7a French 24 Ewbanks VIII UIAA 25 ZA E5 6a British R

Routes in The Precipice aka The South Wall

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	Adrift T,TR 5.10a/b 6a+ 19 VI+ 19 E2 5b PG13
	Albatross T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Balance Queen T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Band of Gypsies T 5.12a/b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6a
	Bartleby -(Central Slab) T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Bilge T 5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Birch Ade - (mid-cliff START) T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Blackbeard’s Arete T 5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b R
	Boys From Bangor T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Byzantine T 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Chicken of the Sea T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Chitlin's Corner T 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Conan T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Connecticut Arete TR 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Connecticut Cracks T 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
	Country Corner - (mid-cliff START) T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Crack Of Senility -(Central Slab) T 5.8- 5b 16 VI- 14 VS 4c
	Crossbones TR 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
	Crosswind TR 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Dancing Gypsy T 5.10c/d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b
	Dike Gully T 5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a PG13
	Dr. Stix’s Flying Buttress T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c PG13
	Dynamo Hum - (mid-cliff START) T 5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b PG13
	Eclipse T 5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a PG13
	Emigrant Crack - (mid-cliff START) T 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Exit Laughing (Mid-Cliff Start) T 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Fat Back Crack T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Fear of Flying T 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Fingers on a Seascape (mid-cliff START) S 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	From Russia With Love -(Central Slab) T 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Gale Face T 5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a PG13
	Games Without Frontiers - (mid-cliff START) T,TR 5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a
	Girls From Brewer (Mid-Cliff Start) T 5.9- 5c 17 VI 16 HVS 4c
	Green Mt. Breakdown T 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
	Grendal T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
	Gunklandia T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Gunklandia Direct Variation T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Gypsy Arete TR 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
	High Plains Drifter T 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
	High Wire T 5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a
	Impalpable Cracks T 5.11b/c 6c+ 23 VIII- 24 E4 6a
	Jaws T 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
	Jungle Book T 5.4 4a 12 IV 10 VD 3c
	Juvenile T 5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a
	London Bridges T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Lower Wall / Alcove / Staircase Break T 3rd 1- 1 I 1 M 1a
	Main Wall / Alcove / Staircase Break T 3rd 1- 1 I 1 M 1a
	Maniacal Depression T 5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a PG13
	Michael's Pin - (mid-cliff START) T 5.10- 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Midnight Delight T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Mme. LeBois' Troubled Lunge -(Central Slab) T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Mowgli T 5.4 4a 12 IV 10 VD 3c
	Muscle Shoals T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Offshore Crack TR 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Old Town T 5.7+ 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Originator Crack T,TR 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Philadelphia Story, The T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Pipe Dreams T 5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b
	Pirates of Penzance T 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
	Popeye’s Arete T 5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a PG13
	Precipice aka The South Wall \| 2717, The T 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Precipice Ledges T 5.4 4a 12 IV 10 VD 3c
	Pressure Drop T 5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a R
	Quiver T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a R
	Ramp Traverse, The T 5.4 4a 12 IV 10 VD 3c
	Reach, The T 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Recollections of Pacifica -(Central Slab) T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Reef Madness T 5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c PG13
	Retlaw T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Return to Forever - (mid-cliff START) T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Road Less Traveled T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a PG13
	Road To Nowhere T 5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a PG13
	Rusticator T 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c PG13
	Scaramouche T 5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b R
	Scaramouche Arete - (mid-cliff START) S,TR 5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a
	Schooner T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c PG13
	Sea Gypsy T 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a PG13
	Selfless Bastard T 5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a
	Side Street T 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Small Crack Warning T 5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
	Southern Fried Chute T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Space Between T 5.11b/c 6c+ 23 VIII- 24 E4 6a PG13
	Staircase, The T 3rd 1- 1 I 1 M 1a
	Standard Route T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
	Star Face Mole T 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Story of O T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
	Sweet Surrender -(Central Slab) T 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Swept Away T 5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a
	Tempest, The T 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Trotsky T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Vacation Cracks - (mid-cliff START) T 5.7+ 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Wafer Step -(Central Slab) T 5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a
	Wagger T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a R
	Wet Lithuanian, The T 5.10b/c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Wilner's Route TR 5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c

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Type:	Trad
GPS:	44.34691, -68.19013
FA:	Geof Childs and Ken Clark (first two pitches) 1977. FFA Brad Wilson & Eli Simon 2014
Page Views:	330 total · 10/month
Shared By:	Brad Wilson on May 28, 2023 · Updates
Admins:	Ladd Raine, Jonathan S, Robert Hall, Chris Duca Page Updates (admin only)

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Description

If anyone knows the history of this route pre 2013, mention it in the comments. I do not know who did the first aid ascent.

I believe it was the first time I climbed with Eli, we went to the South Wall and were looking for steep lines. He mentioned that Pressure Drop had not been freed and that the protection was poor. The first free ascent went down onsight.

Climb up the slab right of Rusticator to a series of cracks that take you directly to a steep, short left facing dihedral near the top. Climb the crack to the top. A better approach pitch is to climb Rusticator to its anchor then traverse up and right to the series of cracks in the slab. This climb has no fixed anchors, belay off a natural anchor.

Location

Climb Rusticator or the original pitch one located to the right of Rusticator to Rusticator's bolted anchor. Climb the slabby cracks and belay below the roof, or link it to the top!