Type: Sport, 55 ft (17 m)
FA: Doug Heinrich, Kevin Fosburg, 1996
Page Views: 3,320 total · 23/month
Shared By: John Steiger on Jun 22, 2012
Admins: Andrew Gram, Nathan Fisher, Perin Blanchard, GRK, D C

You & This Route


24 Opinions
Your To-Do List: Add To-Do ·
Your Star Rating:
Rating Rating Rating Rating Rating      Clear Rating
Your Difficulty Rating:
-none- Change
Your Ticks:Add New Tick
-none-
Use onX Backcountry to explore the terrain in 3D, view recent satellite imagery, and more. Now available in onX Backcountry Mobile apps! For more information see this post.

Description Suggest change

If 12a/b is your standard, warm up on The Wraith, then test your karma on this. Karmic Whiplash opens up with technical and powerful moves on great rock past three bolts to a rest of sorts, then takes big flat holds leading left and up on easier but pumpy ground past three more bolts to chains. Slightly overhanging the whole way. Consider using a stick clip for the first bolt; a bone-snapping landing awaits the bold but careless. Unlike The Wraith, Karmic Whiplash's bolts all look good. Better than Big in Japan, IMO.

There's a two-bolt extension that heads left from the last bolt before the chains, which apparently was added sometime after publication of the Ruckmans' guide in 1998 (the extension is not shown in their guide). We didn't climb it, but my bet is that it bumps the grade up a notch or two; if you do it, post up!

Location Suggest change

Just left of The Wraith. See the page for The Wraith for the approach.

Protection Suggest change

Six draws, plus two for the chains.

Photos

loading