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Elevation: 5,300 ft
GPS: 32.2373, -104.7579
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Shared By: Craig Childre on Feb 1, 2008
Admins: Jason Halladay, Mike Hoskins, Anna Brown

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Great spot out of the wind, sunny early and shady late. Good warmup lines here, and home to Mike Gillets "Fling". A nice clear landing with some great rocks to sit down and lace up. The first 20' is a chossy low angle wreck. Some parties spread out up on the big ledge, which gets good sun in the morning and is protected very well from the wind.

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Hike the trail, take the sharp left (toward Tornado Wall), and just past the big steep slab section of the trail, look for a faint trail to the right (put in for dog owners). Follow the mellow switchback to the steambed trail in the meadow. Hike downstream till the trail crosses, where you go straight across to the opposing wall. Or from Tornado, follow the streambed down about 200 yeards.

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From Left to Right:

1) Separation Of Cherts And Plate (5.9)
2) Fossil Fuel (5.8)
2.5) Flight Of The Trilobite (5.7)
3) Surfin The Reef (5.9)
4) 3 Feet From An Orgy - a.k.a. Fossil Fling (5.12a)
5) Dirty Bones (5.12a)
6) Abandoned Project?

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