Divinity School  5.12b

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Type:  Sport, 70 feet Consensus:  5.12- [details] FA:  Bob D'Antonio, Rick Thompson, Don Silver, 1999 Submitted By:  Joe Collins on Mar 20, 2004 You & This Route  |  Other Opinions (10) Your todo list: Your stars: Your rating: -none- [change] Your ticklist: [add new tick]

BETA PHOTO: Cactus Cliff - Right (2).

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A pretty fun climb. Unfortunately, its squeezed between two crack systems making the intended line fairly inobvious. Locate the bolted crack, I Clauidius, and a partially bolted/trad line to the left. The next fully bolted line to the left is Divinity School.

Begin the lower section by climbing a crack feature to a cruxy move past the fourth bolt to a horizontal break. Rest here then continue up the pink face to the anchors. We climbed the upper section by first starting in a crack system to the right, then traversing past a nice sidepull move to a hueco, then traversing left again to a hand crack which we climbed to the anchors. Felt like low-5.12a. The section above the last bolt looked like it could be contrived direct (and thus maybe 12b??), but the hand crack is right there.

Protection 

7 bolts to a 2 bolt anchor

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Matt leading Divinity School.	At the crux.	Enjoying a warm December day. Photo credit: Curt D...