Guardian Angel 5.9+
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| Type: | Sport, 1 pitch, 80 feet |
| Consensus: | 5.10a [details] |
| FA: | unknown |
| Submitted By: | saxfiend on Jun 23, 2008 |
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Description With two distinct cruxes and good climbing between them, Guardian Angel is a fun challenge. The route gets its name from an incident in which a climber took a ground fall from the top and escaped serious injury. NOTE: the first ascent was likely done on gear and later retrobolted, so feel free to break out your rack and skip the bolts if you're a trad leader.
Starting just left of a left-facing corner, climb the face on easy ground to a small roof. Pull the roof (crux) on good holds and continue up the face. A thin crimpy section near the finish provides a second technical crux.
Location Starts almost directly across from where the approach trail hits the cliffline, about 15' right of The Up Game.
Protection Seven bolts, bolted anchors.
| Comments on Guardian Angel |
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By Kit Taylor
From: Atlanta, GA
Oct 26, 2009
rating: 5.10a
| Good route, had more trouble finding the 'good holds' on the roof crux (more like a large bulge) than a 5.9 should be, so I give it a 5.10a. Very well protected in this area though so great for burgeoning leaders. |
By saxfiend
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From: Decatur, GA
Dec 31, 2011
| This is one of my favorite leads at Lower Leda -- quality climbing from top to bottom! |
By Jeremy Hand
Aug 23, 2012
rating: 5.9+
| Sweet line with reachy moves through a roof and a challenging finish. |
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