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Between Two Towers

5.7, TR, 50 ft (15 m),  Avg: 2.5 from 2 votes
FA: unknown
California > San Diego County > S San Diego County > Mission Gorge > Middle Earth > Middle of Middle Earth

Description

TR uses the Room with a View (RWAV) anchors. Belayer belays in the Middle Earth corridor facing the offwidth chimney (belayers back to Dimrill Stair, therefore facing the back of the large boulders with Karmic Relief/Rocking the Dalai Lama that create RWAV). The climber hikes around and through the RWAV cave and ties in from below (or hops down the hole). Climb starts up the face way inside the back of the cave and into the chimney struggle (now climber is level with their belayer and the grunting echoes in the chimney). Once chimney starts to pinch off head up the arete to the belayer's right. Once at the top of that, traverse across to the RWAV anchors. Pics are of the chimney part, after coming out of the cave below. People have trad lead/solo'd this I'm quite sure. 

This is not the scramble to the right. 

Location

Starts at the back of Room With a View cave. 

Protection

People probably solo this, but we set up an anchor from Room With a View. Could build a pro anchor with big stuff.

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Still working on the birthing process
[Hide Photo] Still working on the birthing process
About to get stuck/human cam on TR
[Hide Photo] About to get stuck/human cam on TR