Boi-oi-oi-ing! 5.10a
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| Type: | Trad, 3 pitches, 340 feet |
| Consensus: | 5.10a [details] |
| FA: | Barry Oswick, Urmas Franosch, Eric Sorenson. 09/03 |
| Season: | Summer |
| Submitted By: | outdooreric on Feb 25, 2007 |
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Description P1 (5.10a): Climbs up the right side of a giant wedged block about 25 feet off the ground. Continue up double cracks to the highest ledge before the upper headwall. Bolted anchor at 85 feet.
P2 (5.10a): Start out slightly up and left of the anchor and get ready for 165 feet of hand jamming! Generally there are two or three cracks to choose from. When in doubt, stay to the left. Bolted anchor.
P3 (5.9): Not recommended due to loose rock and friable holds. If you do climb this, we left some fixed junk to rap from, beware.
Location On the orange tower that faces east. This climb actually has somewhat of a southerly aspect.
To get down with one rope, do a short rappel off the right side of the wall (East) from the top of pitch 2. This brings you to the anchor for "Do I Make You Horny?", then do another 100 foot rappel to get back to the first pitch anchor.
Protection Doubles in cams from fingers to fist. Some may want a couple extra hand or thin hand sized pieces.
Pitch 1 of Boi-oi-oing. The crux is a bit past th...
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The Business!
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Last pitch of Boi-oi-oi-ing. Agree with the commen...
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Aerili staying between the lines.
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Brad Johnson-Cox leading Pitch 1.
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Cracks!!!
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| Comments on Boi-oi-oi-ing! |
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By Tavis Ricksecker
From: Bishop, ca
Oct 21, 2007
| The first two pitches are excellent, sustained, aesthetic climbing. Tight hands, ugh! :) |
By BryanM
Dec 8, 2008
| Completely agree about the last pitch. We did it anyway. Left some stoppers to rap from in '05. Just to back up a hex that had some questionable webbing. I'll post a pic of the last pitch. |
By Thrutchtastic
From: Sparks, NV
Sep 25, 2009
| Fantastic climb! When rapping down from the top of pitch two, go straight down the face that the bolts are on (not down the climb itself--even with a 70m you won't make it to the P1 belay) to find rap anchors. |
By Aerili
From: Salt Lake City, UT
Jul 8, 2010
rating: 5.10a
| Perfect hands, woo! :) |
By Karsten
From: Sacramento, CA
Jul 18, 2010
| The hands are perfect if you are a fairy-nymph. For us normal people they are bit tight. There is some grittyness to the route but has some great climbing in a spectacular setting. |
By Andy Laakmann
Site Landlord
From: Bend, OR
Jul 24, 2012
rating: 5.10a
| Exceptional route and a beautiful line.
P1 - Shorter than P2, but still has some gitty up.
P2 - The money pitch. This thing is long, and at 11,000 feet seems even longer. Probably around 140-150 feet. Very sustained climbing, with few rests in the first 100'. Once you get below the big spike sticking out, rests begin appearing. Save a couple #3 camalots for the top third (I placed one below the spike, and moving up the wide crack above the spike).
I had a standard rack (double thin to #3 camalot) + 2 extra #1s and 2 extra #2s. I was able to find lots of spots for non-handsized gear on P2, but I still ended up placing all the #1s and #2s. YMMV.
Descent: Rap straight down the nose of the buttress, don't drop into the corner on the opposite side of the route. I made that mistake and nearly passed the rap anchors. The first rap is short, like 30-40 feet down to some mussy hooks. Then a 100' rap down to the P1 anchors (be sure to avoid getting the rope in the crack). And then another rap to the ground. The Mammoth Climbing Book (Marty Lewis) has incorrect descent info - it claims the first rap is 100' and then to rap a different route. Follow the instructions above and all will be good. |
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