Humbolt  5.10a

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Type:  Sport, 1 pitch, 70 feet Consensus:  5.10a [details] FA:  Josh Smith, Mick Schein, Walt Wehner, Leslie Kelch, and Rick Bradshaw, March 2000 Submitted By:  George Perkins on Oct 23, 2007 You & This Route  |  Other Opinions (18) Your todo list: Your stars: Your rating: -none- [change] Your ticklist: [add new tick]

Tina Sommer styling Humbolt

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The best warm-up on the Early Wall, and one of the best routes at the grade at Diablo (that's not on the Winter Wall, anyway). Its name hints at the first three bolt placements near the crack, without which it would see much less traffic. Start on a big block and climb a finger crack followed by a mantle, then crimping and edging on the thin face left of the arete on small edges to the anchor. This climb is thinner but not as steep as most at Diablo. Fun, high quality climbing.

Location 

Just left of 2 Wheel Drive.
It's climb #8 in this online guide photo

Protection 

9 bolts to a 2-bolt anchor.

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Lydia tries out some Diablo climbing at the start ...

Long moves & high steps near the bottom of Humbo...