Atomic Elbow Drop  5.8

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Type:  Trad, 1 pitch, 40 feet Consensus:  5.8 [details] FA:  ? Season:  all Submitted By:  jcomp on Dec 3, 2007 You & This Route  |  Other Opinions (5) Your todo list: Your stars: Your rating: -none- [change] Your ticklist: [add new tick]

BETA PHOTO: Atomic Elbow Drop. This is a variation of Atomic K...

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Description 

This is a variation of Atomic Knee Drop. To traverses off AKD using a finger crack and finishes an independent slab line to the top. Trad line. IDK who the FA was. Definitely a fun variation.

Location 

Climb first part of Atomic Knee Drop to the mini roof. Take the obvious finger crack right, traversing on small feet and hands/gear in finger crack. Traverse right to the big ledge. Step back left and take relatively blank slab to the top using the obvious black water streak for a good right hand or two. There is sketchy pro in a shallow crack on the slab a .75 cam worked nicely to protect the finishing move.

Protection 

Small gear, medium cam and anchor gear