The Throne 

FA:  Mike Clinton & Bill Demaillie, 1988 Type:  Trad, Sport Consensus:  5.11b/c [details] Length:  1 pitch, 100 feet Views: 494 page views Submitted By: Paul S on Mar 16, 2007 Add Photo  Add Comment

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Jason Haas follows 'The Throne' (11b/c)on Shirt Ta...

Description 

This is the bolted line on the same face that Cro-Magnon and Serrated Jam Crack are located. I really liked this climb, lots of good hard face climbing with some nice exposure towards the end. The route starts on the face just right of the start to Cro-Magnon and Serrated Jam Crack. Some hard moves need to be passed before the first bolt, then at which point, make the crux moves out left to join Cro-Magnon right before its crux. The Throne continues to move up and left via some more 11ish face moves to the arete with bolts for protection. Then just run it out with easier climbing to an anchor with a bolt and two pins.

Location 

To reach the base of this route, take the same 1st pitch as Cro-Magnon or Serrated Jam Crack. Another option is to climb P1 of Gambit, and traverse right along the ledge and scramble up to the base of the route. You can do two rappels to get back to the ground, or pull left around the arete at the top and continue up with Gambit.

Protection 

There's 5 bolts leading to the anchor on this route. Getting to the first bolt can be protected with a micro stopper (I used a # 5) and between the 1st and 2nd you can get the same pro in that you would for the crux of Cro-Magnon (#0.5 Camalot for me).

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Jason Haas sets up for the reachy crux of 'The Thr...