House of the 7th Bobcat  5.11d

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Type:  Trad, Sport, 2 pitches, 110 feet Consensus:  5.11d [details] FA:  Eric Hirst, Derek Pearson New Route:  Yes Submitted By:  Eric Hirst on Mar 26, 2012 You & This Route  |  Other Opinions (4) Your todo list: Your stars: Your rating: -none- [change] Your ticklist: [add new tick]

Pitches 1 & 2, from the base

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Description 

(1) Start on a short handcrack up a trailside block, then continue up moderate ground to a bolt and a final short splitter. Belay at a comfortable ledge with a chain anchor. 5.9.
(2) Bouldery tips laybacking (crux) past 2 closely spaced bolts leads to a rest pod. 5.10 crack climbing leads to chain anchor. 5.11+ or maybe 5.12-.

Take care not to soak your rope on the descent, which tends to steer you down the soggy Lookout Direct starting slab just L of the route. It is also possible to rap or top-rope the entire route with a single 70m rope.

Location 

About halfway between Bobcat Cringe and Steel Pulse. Starts right off the trail.

Protection 

Single 60m rope, light rack to 3", mostly in the 1/2" to 1" range. Chain anchors on both pitches.

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BETA PHOTO: The short starting handcrack	Pitch 2, on a sunny December day.	BETA PHOTO: Carolyn Marquardt at the crux (11d) thin layback s...
BETA PHOTO: Michal Rynkiewicz shooting for the good finger jam...	Michal moving into the flaring thin hands section ...