Blood Drive  5.10c

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Type:  Sport, 140 feet Consensus:  5.10c [details] FA:  T. Goss, D. Binaz Submitted By:  grk10vq on Mar 19, 2009 You & This Route  |  Other Opinions (2) Your todo list: Your stars: Your rating: -none- [change] Your ticklist: [add new tick]

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Private Land Owned by Teck Cominco Mining Co MORE INFO >>> Check with local climbing shops for access info to this and other Utah Hills Crags. Info at: The Desert Rat (435) 628-7277 This information is a public crowdsourcing effort between the Access Fund, and Mountain Project. You should confirm closures, restrictions, and/or related dates. Keeping climbing areas open and conserving the climbing environment

Description 

Three routes, sharing the same four bolts, start off the fun at The Watchtower. Blood Drive resides as the second tallest and most direct route on it's north/east face. Begin climbing the slab using shallow pockets and "cake battered" feet. Climb straight up the wall passing a mid-station anchor and head for a drain shaped water runnel. Enter the runnel and put your stemming shoes on. Make delicate work of this long, tedious crux and be rewarded with a set of chains.

• climb this route to the first anchor for a fun 5.8

• A mid-station anchor allows the use of one 50m rope.

Location 

Blood Drive is the center route up the tallest wall at the The Soul Asylum.

Protection 

Fourteen bolts, an intermediate anchor, and a top anchor with chains. A 70m almost makes it to the bottom, but down-climbing is required. The mid-station anchor allows use of a 50m. Climb the route in its entirety, lower than rap from the mid-station anchor.