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Flying A

Name: Flying A
Rating: 3.5

5.11a YDS 6c French 22 Ewbanks VII+ UIAA 22 ZA E3 5c British

Routes in The Playground

L › R R › L A › Z

	Advanced Start T,TR 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
	Barlow's Buttress T,TR 5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b
	Battle of the Bulge T,TR 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c R
	Beginner's Hand Jam T,TR 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Black Wall T,TR 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Blow Hole T,TR 5.10c/d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b
	Burnt Crack T,TR 5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b
	Cactus Climb T,TR 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Cactus Climb, Left (var.) T,TR 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
	Cheeks, The T,TR 5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c
	Code Brown T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Face Variation TR 5.11- 6c 22 VIII- 22 E3 5c
	Fingertip Layback T,TR 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
	First Strike T,S,TR 5.12 7b+ 27 VIII+ 26 E6 6b
	Flakey Face TR 5.11+ 7a 24 VIII 24 E4 6a
	Flakey Nine T,TR 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
	Flying A T,TR 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
	Flying A Buttress T,TR 5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a R
	Luke and Carlo's Route TR 5.12d 7c 28 IX 28 E6 6b
	Moment of Inertia T,TR 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Mononucleosis T,TR 5.11+ 7a 24 VIII 24 E4 6a
	Moon Dog T,TR 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Mr. Foster's Lead T,TR 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
	Obsidian Corner TR 5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c PG13
	Open Project TR 5.14 8c+ 34 XI- 34 E9 7b
	Original Horak Route T,TR 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Playground Traverse V6-7 7A+
	Playgrounder, The T,TR 5.12 7b+ 27 VIII+ 26 E6 6b PG13
	Repo Man T,TR 5.12 7b+ 27 VIII+ 26 E6 6b
	Route 1 T,TR 5.10- 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Route 16 T,TR 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Route 17 T,TR 5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a
	Route 18 T,TR 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Route 20 T,TR 5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a R
	Route 25 T,TR 5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b
	Route 27 T,TR 5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b R
	Route 37 T,TR 5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b
	Route 6 T,TR 5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
	Route 6 (var.) T,TR 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b PG13
	T2 Flake T,TR 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b R
	Texas T,TR 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Tree Climb T,TR 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Unrelenting Nines T,TR 5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a
	Upper Left Roof T,TR 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Vulture Roof TR 5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c
	Zander Zigzag T,TR 5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b PG13
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Type:	Trad, TR, 60 ft (18 m)
FA:	Len Margolin, 1971
Page Views:	3,463 total · 17/month
Shared By:	George Perkins on Sep 12, 2007
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Description

This White Rock mini classic may just send you flying.

Stem up a "phone booth" chimney and exit it using a reachy crimp to a good stance (1st crux) and a few feet of easy finger crack to a no-hands stem rest. Step left and follow a beautiful thin finger crack using edges on the face to the left, or lieback off the right wall, with TCUs or nuts for pro in the thin finger crack. Committing to a thin section just after the corner changes to the left side is probably the psychological crux for the leader.

Flying A eats up small gear, but the stances to place it from are sometimes strenuous.