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May's Way

Name: May's Way
Rating: 1.8

5.4 YDS 4a French 12 Ewbanks IV UIAA 10 ZA VD 3c British

Routes in Main Cliff

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	A Guide to Ragged (1964) T,TR 5.0 2- 4 I 6 MM 1c
	Aid Crack T 5.10b/c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Ancient Way T 5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a
	Angle of the Dangle TR 5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a
	Animal Crack T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Ashtray TR 5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a X
	Bald Face Hornet T,TR 5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c X
	Birdman TR 5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c
	Black Orchid TR 5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c
	Bombay T 5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Bombay Direct T,TR 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Broadway T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Bushy Groove T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Cage, The T,TR 5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b
	Carey Corner T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Caroline TR 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Cave Route T 5.4 4a 12 IV 10 VD 3c
	Cemetary Vault T 5.7+ 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Cenotaph Corner T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Chopper flakes T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c R
	Crag Rat TR 5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c
	Crisis T 5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c X
	Cutting Edge T,TR 5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c R
	Cygnus X-1 TR 5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c
	Deception T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Double Crux T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Double Vision TR 5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b
	Duck Soup TR 5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b
	Easy Rider TR 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b R
	End Run T 5.4 4a 12 IV 10 VD 3c
	Eternity TR 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Faceout T 5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Fall Of The House Of Monticello, The TR 5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c
	For Madmen Only T,TR 5.9- 5c 17 VI 16 HVS 4c R
	Golden Age TR 5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b
	Green Gutter T 5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a
	Hangnail T,TR 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a X
	Hangover TR 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Hemlock Groove T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
	Hot Rocks T,TR 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a R
	Hurricane Gloria T,TR 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b X
	Jam Corner T,TR 5.4 4a 12 IV 10 VD 3c
	Juniper Wall T 5.7+ 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Knight's Gambit T 5.7+ 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Knight's Move T 5.4 4a 12 IV 10 VD 3c
	Kor Crack T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Lavaredo Corner T,TR 5.7+ 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b R
	Left Edge T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b PG13
	Leftover T 5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Main Street T 5.4 4a 12 IV 10 VD 3c
	Marlinspike T 5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	May's Way T 5.4 4a 12 IV 10 VD 3c
	NCS Route T 5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a
	Netherlands TR 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a R
	No Parking T 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	North by North West T 5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c R
	North End T 5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Nux Vomica TR 5.11+ 7a 24 VIII 24 E4 6a
	Obsession T,TR 5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c X
	Out Of Orbit T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a R
	Owl Perch T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Poison and Passion TR 5.12 7b+ 27 VIII+ 26 E6 6b
	Pork Barrel Project T,TR 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a R
	Prince, The T,TR 5.9- 5c 17 VI 16 HVS 4c R
	Ragged Edge TR 5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b
	Right Edge T,TR 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b R
	Sandbag TR 5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c
	Side Entry T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
	Sisu T 5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Skull and Bones T,TR 5.11- 6c 22 VIII- 22 E3 5c R
	Slingshot T,TR 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a V1+ 5
	Southside T 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a PG13
	Subline T 5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b
	Sunday Bulge T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
	Swan Song TR 5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c
	Sweat Slot T,TR 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
	Terminal Velocity T,TR 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Tower Crack T 5.7+ 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Trojan Horse T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a R
	Un Petit Peu TR 5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b
	Unconquerable Crack T 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
	Vajolet Corner T,TR 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Vanishing Point T,TR 5.10- 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Vector T 5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Visions TR 5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b R
	Visitor's Reception Center TR 5.12+ 7c 28 IX 27 E6 6b
	VPM Route T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	War Eagle T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b R
	Wet Wall T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
	Wetwall Wetlock Variation T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b R
	Wiessner Crack T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Wiessner Slab T 5.3 3+ 10 III 9 VD 3a
	Wishbone T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	YMC Route T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
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Type:	Trad, 100 ft (30 m)
FA:	Harold May
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Description

This is the easiest route up the face of Ragged. It is usually done in two pitches.

P1: Climb the crack to the top of the slab. Watch for loose rocks on the belay ledge. This an excellent place to take beginners and teach leading. With care, you can downclimb off the left edge of this ledge to the cave behind the slab.

P2: Climb the obvious corner above the slab (steep!) to the top.

Location

Past Unconquerable Crack, the trail drops down below some large lower-angle slabs. This is the obvious crack in the slab immediately left of Unconquerable.