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5.8+ YDS 5b French 16 Ewbanks VI- UIAA 15 ZA HVS 4c British PG13

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, 80 ft (24 m)
GPS:	44.34691, -68.19013
FA:	unknown
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Shared By:	Ryan DeLena on Sep 21, 2023
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Description

Start at the corner of Ramp Traverse and climb the face to the right. Move over a bulge and stand up to a ledge. A good slot takes solid gear before you launch into a face climbing sequence above. Improving holds lead to a mantle onto another ledge (save a finger sized piece). Watch for some junky rock as you pull through the final flake to the ledge above. Belay from a tree, or move right to the Balance Queen anchor.

Location

Starts right of the initial corner of The Ramp Traverse.

Protection

Single rack to #3. This routes gets an R rating in the book, I found the cruxes were protected with decent gear, but there is certainly runout, non trivial climbing on this route. Be solid in the grade and be careful to assess rock quality. No fixed anchor, but it’s possible to step right to the Balance Queen tat and belay or lower down BQ and have someone follow.