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Black Wall Traverse

Name: Black Wall Traverse
Rating: 3.4

V2 YDS 5+ Font

Routes in Sespe Gorge (Black Wall)

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	Bee Line T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b PG13
	Black Wall Traverse V2 5+
	Boss Man, The T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Chips Block T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b PG13
	Edge of Night T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b R
	Ending Crack T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b PG13
	Floyd T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Glory Days S 5.11b/c 6c+ 23 VIII- 24 E4 6a
	Half Ascent T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b R
	Lost in the Sespe T 5.7+ 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b PG13
	Mrs. Murphy's Rusty Old Packard T 5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a PG13
	Pine to Pine T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
	Pipe Cleaner T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
	Roadside Cracks T 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Tree Root T 5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a
	Wadka T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b R
	Wasp/The Sting, The T 5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b R
	White Spider, The T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b R

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Type:	Boulder, 480 ft (145 m)
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Description

The Black Wall Traverse is nearly five hundred feet long on mostly excellent sandstone, polished clean by eons of Sespe flooding. Easy climbing separates the various cruxes, which range from thin friction climbing to overhanging jugs. The traverse goes both ways.