Rock Candy Nugget
5.10b YDS 6a+ French 19 Ewbanks VII- UIAA 19 ZA E2 5b British
Avg: 2.3 from 27 votes
Type: | Sport, Alpine, 50 ft (15 m) |
FA: | Jim Beyer (solo) |
Page Views: | 2,806 total · 15/month |
Shared By: | Jim Beyer on May 19, 2008 · Updates |
Admins: | Mike Snyder, Taylor Spiegelberg, Jake Dickerson |
Description
A nice nugget of good stone on an otherwise pretty chossy chunk of rock. A couple of thin moves getting to the first bolt, then fun limestone face climbing afterwards. A good warmup. Not quite as good as Red Chili, but almost. Watch a "x"ed loose block at the top.
The photo in Wes Gooch's guidebook shows the line going slightly left of where it actually does. Start just right of a black waterstreakish section of rock.
This route is in the transition zone between loose rock on the left and great rock to the right. 2 cruxes and the bird poo (the rock candy nugget) make this an unusual route. The route has a, rare for Blacktail, fixed peg.
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