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Human Fright 

5.10a

   
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Type: Trad, 2 pitches, 250 feet
Consensus: 5.10a [details]
FA: John Mendenhall & Royal Robbins, June 1952, FFA: Bob Kamps, 1963
Submitted By: Roger Linfield on Feb 24, 2006

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P1. Solid jamming to layback slipperiness.

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The crux is not exposed, so the name is a misnomer. Pitch 1 (5.9+) has a mix of liebacking and jamming, with some loose rock. Pitch 2 (5.10A) has some strenuous and awkward jamming in the back of a large dihedral.


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An old wooden piton found by Todd Gordon on the second pitch of "Human Fright". <br />Photo by Blitzo.

An old wooden piton found by Todd Gordon on the se...

DANIEL GONZALEZ SENDS

DANIEL GONZALEZ SENDS

Tom plays tug of war with the belay tree atop P2 (the tree won - it's a good thing)

Tom plays tug of war with the belay tree atop P2 (...

Human Fright. P1 anchors noted. P2 follows the giant right facing dihedral up and out of view.

BETA PHOTO: Human Fright. P1 anchors noted. P2 follows the gia...

Greg Huey following P1 of Human Fright (5.10a)

Greg Huey following P1 of Human Fright (5.10a)

The P2 dihedral of Human Fright (5.10a) looming above!

The P2 dihedral of Human Fright (5.10a) looming ab...

First Pitch

First Pitch


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By Brandon R.
From: San Mateo, CA
May 13, 2006

There is a 3rd pitch to this route that wanders on the face just right of Angel's Fright. The gear and bolt on this pitch suck, and it definitely put some fright into me anyway.

By C Miller
Administrator
May 14, 2006
rating: 5.10a

Sounds like you did the last pitch of Frightful Fright, a seldom done and well named route.

By Brandon R.
From: San Mateo, CA
Aug 1, 2006

hmmm. Well that definitely explains some things. I guess I need to study the topo a little better next time.

By Bill Olszewski
From: Colorado Springs, CO
Jul 25, 2007

Human Fright is an awesome climb. Loved the jams, loved the liebacks, loved the chicken wings!

By tom donnelly
Jul 30, 2007

There are rap rings on slings on a small tree at the top of P2, so you can rap with an approx 56m rope to the rap anchor at the top of P1.

By Andy Laakmann
Site Landlord
From: Bend, OR
Jun 11, 2008

Super fun first pitch (all we did). I'd say 9+ is fair, definitely not 10a (not even in the same league as Super Pooper!) Lots of loose blocks, but they all seems relatively secure.. though it does add a little creep factor to the climb.

By Charles I.
From: Boulder, CO
Sep 7, 2008

Great route. Thought the second pitch was quite good!

By Jordan Ramey
From: Calgary, Alberta
Nov 23, 2008

There is one fixed pin on P2 above the crux in the no hands rest. It's kind of hard to spot, but convenient if you see it.

By JaredVagy
From: Santa Monica, Ca
Aug 2, 2011

There was intact webbing but no rings at pitch 2 rappell; we added a bail beaner with duct-tape (didn't have rings). Please leave for future parties or replace with a ring.

By Nick Barczak
Aug 22, 2011

Surprising that the second pitch seems to get little traffic. Its well worth climbing! I found a few small/medium stoppers to be useful on P2 in addition to the standard set of TCUs and hand-size pieces.