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Party Time

Name: Party Time
Rating: 3.5

5.7 YDS 5a French 15 Ewbanks V+ UIAA 13 ZA MVS 4b British

Routes in Fortress Wall

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	[Redacted] T 5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	After Party, The T 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
	American Crack T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
	American Wall T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b R
	An Ode to the Battlement T 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Battlement, The T 5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b
	Bedtime for Bonzo T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
	Blue Runner T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a PG13
	Bombs Bursting T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Bonzo's Revenge T 5.4 4a 12 IV 10 VD 3c
	Calypso I T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Calypso I (direct variation) T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Calypso II T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
	Calypso III T 5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a
	Cussin crack T 5.7+ 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Fading Memory T 5.10- 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a R
	Fortress Grunges T 5.4 4a 12 IV 10 VD 3c
	Fun-Time For Fonzo T 5.8- 5b 16 VI- 14 VS 4c PG13
	Get Outta My Way T 5.2 3 8 II 8 D 2c R
	Lost in Space T 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Oozing Couth T 5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a
	Party Time T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	PLENTY Of Sun T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Route 48 T 5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a
	Route 52 T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Scratch Your Face T 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
	Serpent T 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b R
	Snake T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Thunder Chicken T 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
	Turret, The T 5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a
	Where Lizards Dare T 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b A2

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Type:	Trad, 110 ft (33 m), 2 pitches
FA:	B. Molzon, 1977
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Access Issue: New route development is prohibited in the Daniel Boone National Forest. Details

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Follow existing trails and climb using removable protection or in climbing areas with existing approved fixed anchors or bolts. Development of any new rock climbing, bouldering or rappelling areas and development of any climbing routes involving the permanent installation of new fixed anchors or new trail construction requires prior Forest Service authorization.

Description

One of the nicest moderate trad routes in the Red, and it takes good gear if you have it. The first pitch takes a few larger cams (perhaps to 4") and the second pitch a standard light rack. Bolted belay/rap anchors make this climb a good first multi-pitch.

The ledge where the anchors are to end the first pitch is pretty small and can hold 4 people max.

Location

On the far right side of Fortress Wall, where it faces west you can walk right to a point where the first of two huge left-facing corners becomes visible. This is Party Time (5.7). Do not pass this and start up the second corner by mistake (Lost In Space, 5.10)

Protection

A few large cams for the leaning start, then head for the top on a standard rack. With a few longer slings, this could be done in a single pitch. But the bolted anchors make breaking it up quite easy.