Type: Sport, 70 ft (21 m)
GPS: 37.10106, -113.89944
FA: Johnny Woodward, 1995
Page Views: 44 total · 4/month
Shared By: Rhys Beaudry on Mar 25, 2025
Admins: Fallon Rowe, Perin Blanchard, GRK, David Crane, Nathan Fisher

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Wailing Wall, one of the happiest places on Earth. The land of fixed draws, glue in bolts, clip n' go anchors and bullet stone. And then there's this line... one of maybe 3 lines at the wall that is not fixed and has not been retro-fitted. You have to know what you're getting yourself into here...

Start up 'Heretic Wisdom' and make a bad choice by clipping out left at the second bolt. Step left and be wary about stomping on the obvious foot jug. Find some holds and work your way left and then back right past the third bolt into the slanting crack. Clip overhead and then boulder over the bulge to the small ledge in the corner. 

That's it, you're done! All that's left is 15 meters of adventure climbing up a corner and one final decision - do you traverse out right to the 'Heretic Wisdom' anchors or do you go on one last moderately spicy adventure to a pair of fat Metolius hangers that you'll have to thread? Choose the former and then make your dummy belayer top-rope it to retrieve your gear. 

Location Suggest change

Head for the right side of Wailing Wall and find 'Heretic Wisdom' which goes up the rounded arete (fully left of the cave, first two bolts angle to the right). This line shares the first bolt with Heretic and then goes straight up - look for expansion bolts, a bad time, and a corner up high. 

Protection Suggest change

8 bolts, Fat Metolius rap hangers.

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