Back in Yaks  5.9

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Type:  TR, 1 pitch, 55 feet Consensus:  5.9 [details] FA:  Matt Samet New Route:  Yes Season:  Spring through autumn Submitted By:  Pinklebear on Oct 19, 2008 You & This Route  |  Other Opinions (1) Your todo list: Your stars: Your rating: -none- [change] Your ticklist: [add new tick]

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Description 

This is a toprope line just right (5-8 feet) of Back in Slacks, though it could conceivably be led if you really needed the tick. I TR'ed it right off the Back in Slacks anchors, clipped through the last bolt as a directional.

Start up the clean face with two huecos down and right of Power Bulge / Back in Slacks, then climb up a faint rib. Step up into a licheny hand crack (you'd get slammer gear here, but it would be 30 feet of 5.8 free soloing to get here) which peters out below a bulge. Move over the bulge on crimps to a big flake, then finish on the slab as per Back in Slacks.

Not a great climb, but gives you some mileage if you're in the area.

Location 

Just right of Back in Slacks, south face of the Hand, Dinosaur Mountain.

Protection 

Toprope -- hand-sized cams as directionals at mid-height.