El Grito del Norte 5.11c
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| Type: | Trad, Sport, 85 feet |
| Consensus: | 5.11c [details] |
| FA: | Bob D. & Mike Howard |
| New Route: | Yes |
| Submitted By: | Mike Howard on Mar 31, 2007 |
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Description Amazing climbing on iron hard basalt. One of the best routes I have done on basalt in NM. Classic!
Location Climb up the obvious crack and move right making a dicey move past a bolt. Fire up steep, iron hard basalt past five more bolts to the anchors.
Beautiful route on excellent basalt.
Protection Gear for the handcrack and eight quickdraws.
| Comments on El Grito del Norte |
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By Mike Howard
Administrator
Apr 1, 2007
rating: 5.11c
| Bob, Great climb with great historic name. The web has several articles about it: "El Grito del Norte was a bilingual New Mexico newspaper co-founded by Elizabeth "Betita" Martinez and attorney Beverly Axelrod in 1968 as a vehicle to support the Alianza Federal de Mercedes. It expanded to cover the Chicano Movement in urban areas, workers' struggles, and Latino political prisoners, as well as Leftist causes. The paper ceased publishing in 1973." Viva El Grito. |
By George Perkins
From: Los Alamos, NM
Feb 8, 2009
rating: 5.11c
| Came back here recently and climbed the correct El Grito this time... The crux sequence was not obvious to me and really fun to figure out. Nice climb.
One #3 cam and maybe a #2 cam is enough for the handcrack at the start. |
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