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Cheep and Juicy
5.11a YDS 6c French 22 Ewbanks VII+ UIAA 22 ZA E3 5c British
Avg: 2 from 1 vote
Type: | Trad, 100 ft (30 m), 3 pitches |
FA: | J. Gentry |
Page Views: | 803 total · 4/month |
Shared By: | Jerimiah Gentry on Apr 30, 2009 |
Admins: | Greg Opland, Brian Boyd, JJ Schlick, Kemper Brightman, Luke Bertelsen |
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Location
A little tricky to find as the bolts are/were well camouflaged. Head up Middle Elden past Musical Skinheads et al to a crazy beautiful arch/cave. Go up the slabs to the left of the arch until you see a steep over hanging wall to your right. There is a left facing corner above a rounded buldge upon which you may see bolts. That's the third pitch. The second pitch traverses in from the left and begins in the dark little alcove.
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This route has would be great if it were a little more sustained. It does explore some interesting terrain and offer some fun moves. The weirdness comes from the first two mini pitches. P1: is basically a v2 boulder move on to the top of a cave at the base of a big impressive white wall. 2 bolts. P2 goes up about 10' through a few crazy gas pockets and then traverses out off the ledge past 3(?) bolts to a spicy move to the base of a dihedral. Attentive belaying will keep you off the ledge. I would say this is the crux at 11a. I may be over rating it but it would really suck to break your ankle way the hell up in that canyon. P3 is fun stemming and face in a right facing corner. Some small blue alien sized pieces up high get you over a bulged to a 10'(?) section of hand crack. The Final belay offers a great view and a ledge that feels like it's way the hell up there with a beautiful old tree. You can tell not many humans have hung out there and its a nice place to drink some tea and enjoy the amazing view. Two bolts and 60m rope return you to your pack. Climb this thing and tell me what you think!
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