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The Pages Wall Area

Submitted By: Jonathan Siegrist on May 12, 2009
Administrators: Ben Mottinger, Leo Paik, John McNamee, Frances Fierst, Monomaniac
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BETA PHOTO: The Book as divided on Mountain Project.


Description 

The Pages Wall area is a sub-section of the Book, and includes routes on the center of the Book, between the Isis Buttress and the J-Crack Slab Areas. The far right side of the Pages Wall Area is marked by a large left facing dihedral that features such climbs as El Camino Real (5.12c) and Corner Pump Station (5.11c). The left side of the Pages Wall Area is marked by a deep cleft that separates it from the Isis Buttress. This section of the Book is packed with quality, including such Lumpy classics as Howling at the Wind (5.11b), Perelandra (5.11a), Fat City (5.10c) and Osiris (5.7). The Exit Wall (upper section of the center Book) is also included in this area, that features amazing pitches like Outlander (5.10c) and Cheap Date (5.10b).


Getting There 

Hike as you would to the Book. The trail to the left will deposit you right at the base of the Pages Wall Area. This area is the center of the Book, to the left of the large, left-facing dihedral which hangs above broken rock below. The center of the Pages Wall Area can be identified by George's Tree (5.8), where a ambitious, little tree grows from a large crack that runs up the middle of the slab.


The Classics

Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for The Pages Wall Area:
Osiris   5.7     Trad, 5 pitches, Grade II   
The Cave Exit   5.7+     Trad   
George's Tree   5.9     Trad, 4 pitches, Grade II   
High Plains Drifter   5.10b     Trad, Sport, 5 pitches   
Cheap Date   5.10b     Trad, 1 pitch   
Outlander   5.10c     Trad, 2 pitches   
Fat City Crack   5.10c     Trad, 3 pitches, Grade II   
Toot   5.10d     Trad, 1 pitch   
Perelandra   5.11a     Trad, 2 pitches, 150 feet   
Howling at the Wind   5.11a     Trad, 3 pitches, Grade II   
The Final Chapter   5.11a/b     Trad, Grade II   
Corner Pump Station   5.11c     Trad, 3 pitches   
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Featured Route For The Pages Wall Area
Just layback it! Yes, but then it's hard to get gear. Luke is placing a cam blindly. Hopefully he'll take a peek at it before he continues climbing.

Cheap Date 5.10b  CO : Lumpy Ridge : ... : The Pages Wall Area
A great finger crack on par with J-Crack or Loose Ends. It starts left of the Cave and makes a great finish to climbs on the right side of the Book. If linked with Fat City Crack, it makes arguably the best 5.10 climb at Lumpy Ridge. The wall left of the Cave contains several crack lines. Cheap Date is the left-leaning, left fork of a prominent thin system.Start about twenty feet below the Cave, and clim...[more]   Browse More Classics in CO


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The Pages Wall - left of Fat City.

BETA PHOTO: The Pages Wall - left of Fat City.