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Solitary Man

Name: Solitary Man
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5.10- YDS 6a French 18 Ewbanks VI+ UIAA 18 ZA E1 5a British

Routes in Condor Buttress

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	Condorification S 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
	Condorphamine Addiction S 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Opus of the Condorian Kind S 5.10a/b 6a+ 19 VI+ 19 E2 5b
	Solitary Man S 5.10- 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Tails, You Lose! T 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a R

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Type:	Sport, 5 pitches
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Access Issue: Seasonal Raptor Closures Details

Each year, the USFS monitors for raptor nesting.

A pair of golden eagles regularly nest on Bridge Creek Wall. When in effect, starting January 1, PLEASE DO NOT CLIMB or travel within 1/2 mile of Bridge Creek Wall. As a reference, the climb Condorphamine Addiction is just outside of this 1/2 mile buffer, and is OK to climb still. The closure extends through August 15, but there is active monitoring to determine if the seasonal closure can be lifted earlier.

In 2014, there was an active pair of peregrine falcons at Snow Creek Wall, but no official closure was put in effect due to the location of the falcons. The site will be continually monitored with changes or removal of closures updated as necessary.

Description

P1 (5.9, 35m): From Route Base, head up following bolts over ledges to begin the thin slabbing. Continue up on edges, making mantle moves til you reach the anchor.

P2 (10b, 35m): Continue up and trend leftwards, following bolts up the slab. Encounter the desperately thin crux before entering a dirty corner and making your way up 4th class terrain until you can pull yourself around the arete, and onto the face with two sets of bolted anchors. Pass the first set, and belay at the second.

P3 (5.6, 20m) Short and scrambly pitch. Head directly upwards, passing ledges and juggy smears until you find the next set of anchors above.

P4 (5.8, 35m) Step right up through dirty ledges and blocks till you can reach the first bolt on the arete. Pull around and follow bolts past edging, smears, and finally to a quartzite crack which leads to the next anchors.

P5 (5.6, 30m) Moderate terrain lead past multiple bulges to the summit block! Follow the bolts and you can’t go wrong.

To descend, either rappel Condorphamine Addiction with a 70m rope, or rappel into the gully and scramble off. The scramble took us much less time then rappelling.

Location

Leftmost bolted line on the Condor Buttress. If you are at the base of Condorphamine Addiction head leftwards up a small slab and keep your eye out for the bolts above. If you get to a rotten rock gully, you’ve gone too far.