Degeneration
5.9+ YDS 5c French 17 Ewbanks VI UIAA 17 ZA E1 5a British
| Type: | Trad, TR, 70 ft (21 m) |
| GPS: | 37.70594, -121.87402 |
| FA: | Don Simmons and Bruce Morris |
| Page Views: | 18,111 total · 63/month |
| Shared By: | Aron Quiter on Aug 19, 2002 · Updates |
| Admins: | Aron Quiter, Mike Morley, Adam Stackhouse, Salamanizer Ski, Justin Johnsen, Vicki Schwantes |
Always visit the Castle Rock State Park website parks.ca.gov/?page_id=538 for fairly current official information.
Description
Location: this is the furthest right climb on the right side of the waterfall area. The initial dihedral is usually the first thing seen when reaching the base of this climbing area. This route involves a large simple dihedral for the first forty feet, leading to the first bolt, which is located about 35 or so feet off the ground.
After the first bolt, traverse right up a slabby face with an interesting crux located right before the second bolt.
The 5.9+ route is all the way out to the right, on the face following the bolt line directly to the anchor. (Anything further left than this is significantly easier and should be considered as a variation on Degeneration Left (AKA The Layback).



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