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The Rusty Dagger
5.12a YDS 7a+ French 25 Ewbanks VIII+ UIAA 25 ZA E5 6a British R
Avg: 2.7 from 3
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Routes in The Black Wall
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Ant Farm, The T 5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b R |
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Black Mamba T 5.13b/c 8a+ 29 X- 30 E7 6c |
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Cannonball Corner T 5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b |
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Cary Granite T 5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a |
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Coffee Achievers T 5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b |
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Emerald Highway, The T 5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b |
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Escape Route T 5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c |
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Espresso T 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c |
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Good Evans T 5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b |
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Harry Caray T 5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c |
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High Variance T 5.12 7b+ 27 VIII+ 26 E6 6b |
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Mer Dascht (We Thirst) T 5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c |
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Old Rappel Route T 5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b |
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Parallel Universe T 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b A4 R |
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Phil-a-Guster T 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c |
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Rainbow Highway T 5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b |
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Road Warrior T 5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b |
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Roofer Madness T 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c |
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Rusty Dagger, The T 5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a R |
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Seven Sins (Sinners on Sunday to High Variance) T 5.12 7b+ 27 VIII+ 26 E6 6b PG13 |
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Sinners On Sunday T 5.12 7b+ 27 VIII+ 26 E6 6b |
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Undertow T 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a C0 R |
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Undertow (free) T 5.11+ 7a 24 VIII 24 E4 6a |
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Unnamed Bolted Face T,S 5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c A1- |
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| Type: | Trad, Alpine, 600 ft (182 m), 7 pitches, Grade IV |
| FA: | Kirk Miller, Gerry Rock, 1988. FFA: Andy Donson, Cameron Tague, 1998 |
| Page Views: | 3,820 total · 20/month |
| Shared By: | Ken Trout on Jul 13, 2008 |
| Admins: | Leo Paik, John McNamee, Frances Fierst, Monty, Monomaniac, Tyler KC |
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Description
See the topos. To really do the Black Wall directly, one climbs either Parallel Universe or Rusty Dagger. Wetness and blankness make Parallel hard to free. Plenty of nice, dry, rain-sheltered, crack on the Dagger. The line cuts through the center of the rotten, ach-forming, sector that undercuts the wall.
Some serious cleaning might create the most epic, smoker approachable, alpine trad-wall, in America. Until then read about "red crud" and other details in Andy Donson's report; American Alpine Journal, 1999, pages 240-1.
It is doubtful that anyone else will want to claim a better free ascent. Andy writes that he was past the crux, told Cameron "it's in the bag", then pulled off a block on less critical terrain, which caused him to have to aid back up to his highpoint, because he was injured from the fall.
Some serious cleaning might create the most epic, smoker approachable, alpine trad-wall, in America. Until then read about "red crud" and other details in Andy Donson's report; American Alpine Journal, 1999, pages 240-1.
It is doubtful that anyone else will want to claim a better free ascent. Andy writes that he was past the crux, told Cameron "it's in the bag", then pulled off a block on less critical terrain, which caused him to have to aid back up to his highpoint, because he was injured from the fall.
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