Catsup 5.10-
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| Type: | Trad, 65 feet |
| Consensus: | 5.10a [details] |
| FA: | Jason Haas and Sarah Maclean April, 2006 |
| New Route: | Yes |
| Submitted By: | Jason Haas on Apr 23, 2006 |
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BETA PHOTO: Catsup is the crack in the center of the photo. "...
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Description Just left of "Trip to the Vet" is this line with a shallow right facing corner starting about 15ft. up. Boulder up onto a ledge, and stand in a chimney that squeezes into an offwidth. Utilize the hand crack on the left wall and work your way up a wide hands to hands corner, with a few offwidth pods along the way. Chain anchors after 65ft. as a ledge is reached.
Location This route is 10ft. left of "Trip to the Vet" and 10ft. right of the "Unnamed" 5.11+, route 24 in the David Bloom guidebook.
Protection .75 camalot of the start, lots of #2 camalots, some #3s, 1 #4, and a #5 camalot is useful, but not necessary as you can plug gear in the handcrack to the left of the offwidth.
By claramie
From: Boulder, CO
Nov 29, 2009
| seemed easier than 10+... or at least easier than the 10 on either side of it.
started with a big cam but easy to avoid off-width climbing. could also place hands pieces in a side crack to start. Then reach past a pod and from there it is a fun narrowing corner to the chains. |
By slim
Nov 30, 2009
rating: 5.9
| this was a very nice little route, and would make a good early lead for someone new to the desert who wanted to work towards doing tower routes. great find jason! |
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