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Routes in Gemstone West
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Broken Ladders T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b |
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Christian Rock T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b |
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Fin Left, The T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a |
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Flail Out T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a |
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Gemstone T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c |
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Markingstone T 5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c |
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Pair of 4s T 5.9- 5c 17 VI 16 HVS 4c PG13 |
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Seamingly Hard T 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b |
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Shoots & Ladders T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a |
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Sinsemilla Shake 5.11d, R T 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b R |
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| Type: | Trad |
| FA: | Gary Hicks and Arron O'Brian, 18 Sept 1977 |
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| Shared By: | Bill Lawry on Sep 6, 2008 · Updates |
| Admins: | Jason Halladay, Mike Hoskins, Anna Brown |
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Origin of the Name & Rating
The old Loucks Guide refers to this route as "Christian Crack" but Gary indicated the correct name is "Christian Rock."
Per Gary Lee Hicks, I led a buddy, from our church, up the 1st pitch of Gemstone and then led this variation to Gemstone as he had never climbed before. Arron and I were both new Christians and primarily were listening to Christian Rock n Roll; hence the name. The rating I gave it that day was 5.7+ .... For the safety of others, this climb should be given a 5.7 rating, not ... 5.6.
There is a rating of 5.6 in Barry and Rita Loucks' guide. I also felt like the crux was more like 5.7, albeit only a couple moves.
Per Gary Lee Hicks, I led a buddy, from our church, up the 1st pitch of Gemstone and then led this variation to Gemstone as he had never climbed before. Arron and I were both new Christians and primarily were listening to Christian Rock n Roll; hence the name. The rating I gave it that day was 5.7+ .... For the safety of others, this climb should be given a 5.7 rating, not ... 5.6.
There is a rating of 5.6 in Barry and Rita Loucks' guide. I also felt like the crux was more like 5.7, albeit only a couple moves.
Description
Start from the top of Flail Out or the top of the 1st pitch of Gemstone. Follow a left facing dihedral to where it's crack pinches down (crux) just below a large chockstone. Work up past the chockstone to bolted anchors shared with Gemstone route.
Double rope rap with 60 meter ropes gets you to the ground. Two raps with a single 60 meter rope works well when using a huge intermdiate horn right at the tail end of the rope strands. The horn is slung with a loop of rope inside dull-green tubular webbing.
Double rope rap with 60 meter ropes gets you to the ground. Two raps with a single 60 meter rope works well when using a huge intermdiate horn right at the tail end of the rope strands. The horn is slung with a loop of rope inside dull-green tubular webbing.
Location
Christian Rock is in a left facing dihedral just west (right) of the 2nd pitch of Gemstone. See a marked-up version of a photo from Monomaniac on the Gemstone West page.
![Paige W belaying Eric G. Camera courtesy of [[106775085]].](https://mountainproject.com/assets/photos/climb/107639625_smallMed_1494201878.jpg?cache=1701317501)
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