Aaron at the crux of the route. Up to this point, the whole route is maybe a 5.9, until the last 20 feet. The last all trad section is definitely 5.10c~ish.

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Aaron at the crux of the route. Up to this point, the whole route is maybe a 5.9, until the last 20 feet. The last all trad section is definitely 5.10c~ish.

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The top pitch is on solid rock, protected by a bomber permanent nut which can easily be backed up by a small cam.

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Nate Young

Dec 31, 2012

“Aaron at the crux of the route. Up to this point, the whole route is maybe a 5.9, until the last 20 feet. The last all trad section is definitely 5.10c~ish. ”

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Aaron at the crux of the route. Up to this point, the whole route is maybe a 5.9, until the last 20 feet. The last all trad section is definitely 5.10c~ish.

The top pitch is on solid rock, protected by a bomber permanent nut which can easily be backed up by a small cam.

You need to stand on top when you get up there!

Going up!

I could think of other names for this ~(:

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