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Chris Bersbach
Jul 22, 2024
The 5/16" buttons on this climb are in need of replacement. I may be able to deal with them the next time I… View Comment
Steve Gade
Apr 16, 2024
Thanks, Sean!! View Comment
Sean Sullivan
Aug 29, 2022
Trolls on trolls. Yes you are correct, it broke not pulled. Excuse my miswording lol View Comment
Benjamin Chapman
Aug 28, 2022
The bolt was a 5/16" buttonhead, but the buttonhead didn't pull out, the third bolt on Electric Larvae Lan… View Comment
Sean Sullivan
Aug 23, 2022
Scott pulled a 5/16” button head out when he fell. Not a 3/8” View Comment
Ally McBeal
Aug 23, 2022
After the death of Scott Sederstrom in the Owen's River Gorge due to a 3/8" buttonhead failure isn't really… View Comment
Terry E
Aug 14, 2022
Excellent slabby climb. The “10a” moves between 1st and 2nd bolt feel more like 5.8. The harder parts of th… View Comment
Terry E
Aug 14, 2022
If one wishes to avoid the 5.9 OW start, the original approach along the “walk the plank” ledge is low 5th… View Comment
Josef Maier
Aug 1, 2022
The anchor bolts are able to be lowered off and I used Fools Goal's anchor as a backup to make it a slight… View Comment
Josef Maier
Jul 24, 2022
Andy's beta is great. Linking P2 & P3 is ~61m, P4 & P5 is ~55m, to the top is ~60m. View Comment
Chris Owen
Jul 7, 2022
The left ramp/corner system is heavily vegetated, cleaning is required when climbing this. The final sectio… View Comment
Chris Bersbach
Jul 6, 2021
Thanks for putting in the time & effort to make those updates to the anchors! This & Captain America were h… View Comment
Sean Neville
Jul 6, 2021
I removed tat and 1/4” bolts from 3rd pitch anchor (6/27/21). Now two bomber SS bolts and hanger. I did n… View Comment
Sean Neville
Jul 6, 2021
I replaced all bolts with 1/2 “ ASCA gear on the last pitch. The last pitch anchor was also cleaned up and… View Comment
A Johnson
Jun 14, 2021
Howdy Dave, We added this route to our list of bolts needing attention. Never enough time for everything, b… View Comment
Dave Daly
Jun 14, 2021
Hey Aaron! You might want to reach Dwight Kroll on FB or here. That's his route. View Comment
A Johnson
Jun 14, 2021
First bolt is a BAD old buttonhead. It is not fully seated and the hangar is spinning. Appears to be a 1/4"… View Comment
A Johnson
Jun 14, 2021
If you go all the way up to the bolted anchor after the convergence of 'Game Face', 'Seeming is Believing',… View Comment
A Johnson
Jun 14, 2021
First bolt is an old buttonhead. Assumed the rest were too and turned back. View Comment
A Johnson
May 31, 2021
Just did this one again and its still pretty great. Using the direct crack to start (getting to the SOTE 3… View Comment
A Johnson
Jul 20, 2020
As of July 2020 the P3 anchor had 4 bolts. One of them looked okay. There were two pieces of webbing woven… View Comment
slim
Jul 7, 2020
this is a pretty good route. i would give the 10a section on P3 a PG13 or R rating though. the crux is a… View Comment
Mike Arechiga
Nov 30, 2018
Thanks Jeff that was helpful! View Comment
Jeff Scheuerell
Nov 30, 2018
I think he just did? View Comment
Mike Arechiga
Nov 30, 2018
The topo I posted here shows were the route starts, and if you feel a need for more location info you can a… View Comment
J. Albers
Nov 30, 2018
Hi Mike, Care to share any more location information than what you have entered? It would be pretty hard t… View Comment
Tommy L-D
Aug 19, 2018
Good climb that could be great with some traffic/love. A few beta points: - Two crack lines to get onto th… View Comment
Chris Bersbach
Jul 9, 2018
Did you climb P4, Kyle? We skipped it, but I've talked to someone else who said they climbed it and found t… View Comment
Kyle Swenson
Jul 8, 2018
Great climb with some definite heady moments. There is a mix of crack (thin to large), offwidth, and standa… View Comment
Riley Daly
Sep 24, 2017
The 5.9/.10a crux of the route described here and in the guidebook seemed much easier than other sections o… View Comment
Benjamin Chapman
Jul 5, 2016
Yeah. Great shot. View Comment
Benjamin Chapman
Jul 5, 2016
Awesome clean granite on Penstemon Dome. View Comment
Ken H
Sep 4, 2015
I was looking to do some crack climbing and scary slab didn't interest me so I just climbed the first two p… View Comment
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