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Chode Castration

5.12a/b, Sport, 65 ft (20 m),  Avg: 3.1 from 9 votes
FA: Trevor Taylor & Daniel Montgomery (2023)
Washington > Central-W Casca… > N Bend & Vicinity > Exit 32; Little Si > Woods Group > (b) The Woods

Description

Climb the mildly dirty 5.10 slab, then launch up the seam grabbing the castration block. If you knee bar it at a certain angle you might not come home with your boys. Fight up grabbing some bizarre but awesome tuff style rails before big jugs at the top.

Location

The most obvious feature in the right side of the woods. It’s a extremely flared crack

Protection

7 bolts, anchor with loweroffs.

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Right side of The Woods topo.
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The right side of woods: Teal Bioclimatic, Blue State of Perplexity, Pink Heiman Highjacking, Orange Double Take Two, Yellow Chode Castration
[Hide Photo] The right side of woods: Teal Bioclimatic, Blue State of Perplexity, Pink Heiman Highjacking, Orange Double Take Two, Yellow Chode Castration
Chode Castration is solidified in history.
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Right side of woods
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Jon Nelson
Redmond, WA
[Hide Comment] Sounds like a frustrating route, which can be attractive. Jul 11, 2023
Daniel Chode Rider
[Hide Comment] Video
youtu.be/yugIiZpRzdo Aug 16, 2024
Daniel Chode Rider
[Hide Comment] We made a better or at least more entertaining video
youtu.be/yugIiZpRzdo?si=dFC… Aug 23, 2024
T Taylor
[Hide Comment] Bees are dead for now, this climb has seen some traffic this week. Feb 12, 2026
Ross Girshick
Seattle, WA
[Hide Comment] PSA: my partner and I were each stung 100+ times after disturbing a yellow jacket ground nest in the belay area back in July 2025. I was carried out by SAR after going into anaphylactic shock (despite no prior history of allergies to yellow jacket stings). Yellow jackets often nest in the same area each year. Of course feel free to do you whatever you like, but given my near-death experience I want to get this warning out there. If you plan to climb this route you might consider thoroughly trampling around the belay before roping up. If they're there, you'll be way happier to meet them this way than in the middle of climbing like we were. Apr 18, 2026