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Adventure Stories Rock Climbing

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Routes in 4. Adventure Stories

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	Foundation’s Edge T,TR 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a PG13
	Good Soldier Schweik TR 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
	Hidden Staircase, The TR 5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a
	Interstellar T,TR 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Mother Night T,TR 5.4 4a 12 IV 10 VD 3c
	Northwest Passage T,TR 3rd 1- 1 I 1 M 1a
	Odyssey, The T,TR 5.4 4a 12 IV 10 VD 3c
	Riders of the Purple Sage TR 5.4 4a 12 IV 10 VD 3c
	Ruby Ray Mystery T,TR 5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c PG13
	Second Foundation TR 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Starship Troopers TR 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Where the Wild Things Are T,TR 4th 1 2 I 2 M 1b

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Elevation:	658 ft
GPS:	41.14635, -74.16702 Google Map · Climbing Area Map
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Shared By:	kenr on Nov 19, 2016
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Access Issue: As of November 2021, there are new parking arrangements. Please follow this guidance. Details

The current parking area is now limited parking, subject to the following guidelines:

No parking weekdays before 4pm. (Use Saltbox Parking Area at these times).
Do not block pump station access gates at any time.
Be careful not to hit or disturb manholes or other infrastructure.

The Saltbox Parking Area is a new resource, available on weekdays and weekends. Don't bushwhack or create new trails from this area.

Torne Brook Road and the trailhead remain a no-parking area. This is to ensure access for emergency personnel.

Inconsiderate or illegal parking here could lead to permanent closure.

Description

Variety of rock structures both overhanging and slab, including roofs.
Routes 50-80 ft tall. Faces mainly SSW.

Top Rope access: One way is to go around left by scrambling up steep through cleft (lat long approx N41.1465 W74.1673) to reach top of cliffs. Then walk horizontal about 90 ft right then down (SE).
Dangerously slippery when wet or snow/ice or fresh autumn leaves. Hiking poles and/or Micro-spikes recommended.

Another way might be to climb the route Northwest Passage
around the right side of this rock.

warning: The rock around this sector has not been climbed much yet, and much of the rock is still breakable and loose -- so the belayer and other people should stand far away from underneath the climber.

. . . (Lots of vegetation on this rock as of 2016. Be prepared when climbing to navigate around protruding trees and branches, and dealing with holds slippery with grass, lichen, moss, dirt).

Getting There

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Three ways to get here:
a) First go to the Good Book wall, then hike / scramble WNW about 250 feet, going down past the base of two block cliffs. Stop below the second (left-hand) cliff.

b) From the junction of Tower Wall tier trail and the Good Book access trail, go steep up NE about 100 feet. At the top of the steep section, turn off Left and go 260 ft NW roughly horizontal across the top of the Wichquawanck + Nechtanc + Scheybichi + Tulpehocken cliffs. Then NNW short steep scramble (GPS lat long approx N41.1461 W74.1671) between cliffs. See two blocky cliffs, and scramble up NE to the Left-hand one.

c) First go to Basilisk sector, then around its right (east) end, up past Manayunk sector and scramble N steep gully between Manayunk and Tulpehocken sectors to a gentler part at NW end of a wide flat ledge. Then scramble N up another steep gully. See two blocky cliffs, and scramble up NE to the Right-hand one.