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Swift Trip

Name: Swift Trip
Rating: 1.5

5.11a/b YDS 6c French 23 Ewbanks VIII- UIAA 23 ZA E3 5c British

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Swift Trip T 5.11a/b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c

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Type:	Trad, 90 ft (27 m)
FA:	Mike Forkash and Matt Clarke 1980
Page Views:	1,156 total · 6/month
Shared By:	andy patterson on Jul 8, 2007
Admins:	andy patterson, Mike Morley, Adam Stackhouse, Salamanizer Ski, Justin Johnsen, Vicki Schwantes Page Updates (admin only)

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Description

Hand jam your way up an obvious 5.8 lieback crack to a sandy ledge. From here, you can lower off a questionable bolt anchor, or you may continue diagonally up and left via strenuous finger-locks (5.11). The rock on the second section doesn't see a lot of ascents and is therefore on the chossy side, but increased traffic and (perhaps) a motivated bloke with a brush could turn this route into a classic pitch.

Location

You can't miss this line; it's the obvious left-facing corner system.

Protection

Hands to fingers. Bring doubles in the finger size if continuing past the first anchor. NOTE: there are bolts for the second section of the climb, but they are fairly old and rusted. If you intend to clip them, I recommend placing your own gear as well to back them up.