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Routes Sorted
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Abacab 
Apostrophe 
Aqualunge 
As the Crow Flies 
Baby Dihedral 
Back to Basics 
Batso's Resurrection 
Bilbo's Hanging Garden Crack 
Cake Walk 
Craig's Chimney 
Craig's Crack 
Deviate Behavior 
Digitalis 
Double Trouble 
Escape From The Underworld 
Facial Tissue 
Indecision 
Kathy's Memorial 
Mighty Monger 
Monkey Dance 
Rift, The 
Standard Deviation 
Tower, The 
Turkey Chute 
Vawter's Dihedral 
Zig Zag 
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Mission Gorge, Limbo Area.

Description 

The Limbo Area has several great climbs such as The Tower, As the Crow Flies, Kathy's Memorial, and the short, but enjoyable, Craig's Crack.


Getting There 

From the kiosk at the first climbers loop enterance, follow the trail up the hillside. Continue north along the trail. Limbo Area is located between Middle Earth and the north Main Wall.


The Classics

Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for Limbo Area:
The Tower   5.7     Sport, 50 feet   
Back to Basics   5.7     Trad, 30 feet   
Turkey Chute   5.8     Trad, 45 feet   
As the Crow Flies   5.8     Sport, 45 feet   
Craig's Crack   5.8     Trad, 35 feet   
Apostrophe   5.9     Trad, TR, 1 pitch, 45 feet   
Vawter's Dihedral   5.10a R     Trad, 1 pitch, 40 feet   
Kathy's Memorial   5.10a     Trad, 40 feet   
Facial Tissue   5.10b     TR, 35 feet   
Standard Deviation   5.10b     Sport, 1 pitch, 50 feet   
Monkey Dance   5.10b     Sport, 1 pitch, 40 feet   
Double Trouble   5.10c     Sport, 45 feet   
Mighty Monger   5.10d     Sport, 50 feet   
Aqualunge   5.11a     Sport, 40 feet   
Deviate Behavior   5.11c     Sport, 45 feet   
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Featured Route For Limbo Area
Craig's Crack - Mission Gorge

Craig's Crack 5.8  CA : San Diego County : ... : Limbo Area
Probably the most jammable crack at The Gorge. Great hand jams on sticky rock all the way up. The top gets a little wide, but not too bad. I would liken it to an easier version of The Robbins Crack. It is slightly longer than Robbins too! Would be an area gang-roped classic if its location were more obvious.There are at least two other climbs on the same rope for a TR. Make sure your rope does not get pinched in the top of the crack like another's has. There was a bee hive near here not l...[more]   Browse More Classics in CA


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Leah Sandvoss on "Deviate Behavior", 5.11+ at Mission Gorge, San Diego, Ca

Leah Sandvoss on "Deviate Behavior", 5.11+ at Miss...

The left half of the Standard Deviation Wall.

BETA PHOTO: The left half of the Standard Deviation Wall.

This is the right half of the Standard Deviation Wall.

BETA PHOTO: This is the right half of the Standard Deviation W...