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Male Menopause 

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Type: Trad, 1 pitch, 90 feet
Consensus: 5.9- [details]
FA: unknown
Submitted By: eMurdock on Jan 1, 2005

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The start of Male Menopause is located 20 feet or so to the left of Old Man. Start up a thin seam/crack. Move right through steeper rock. Move left onto ledges and climb the hand crack in the headwall. If the handcrack were longer this route would be classic. Provacative climbing for the grade with adequate, although not always abundant, gear.


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Standard rack to 3"



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By Wes Turner
From: az
May 27, 2004
rating: 5.8+

The 1st fmove or two on this climb are tough at .8+, plug in cam and go to it. a micro TCU makes turning the roof feel alot better. A great Windy Point climb.

By Forest Hill
From: Denver, CO
Jun 14, 2004
rating: 5.8+

Great route. I'm always amazed at how few people give this one a go. Personally, I always find the handcrack section near the top to be the hardest. But then, I'm hardly the world's greatest crack climber.

Watch out for getting your rope caught in the thin flake after you pull the roof move. You may have to put a nut in here just to keep the rope out from behind the flake!

Also, don't mess up in the first 20 feet or so. They aren't hard moves, but if you blow it, decking is definitely a possibility.

That having been said, i do believe this route is bolted entirely appropriately (i.e. there are no bolts.)

By Forest Hill
From: Denver, CO
Jun 14, 2004
rating: 5.8+

Holy typos! Let's try that again:

Personally, I always find the handcrack section near the top to be the hardest. But then, I'm hardly the world's greatest crack climber.

Watch out for getting your rope caught in the thin flake after you pull the roof move. You may have to put a nut in here just to keep the rope out from behind the flake!

Also, don't mess up in the first 20 feet or so. They aren't hard moves, but if you blow it, decking is definitely a possibility.

That having been said, I do believe this route is bolted entirely appropriately (i.e. there are no bolts.)

By Christian
From: Tucson, Az
May 29, 2008
rating: 5.10-

5.8's a sandbag for this climb. Kind of bouldery low 10s moves to a good stance and ledge, protected by a .3 or .4 cam, not sure how bomber that cam was, if I remember correctly you kind of have to commit the move to get a better look at it.

But at least somebody was kind enough to fix a #1 Camalot just after the hard stuff at the bottom. (Edit: has been cleaned)

By Jon Ruland
From: Tucson, AZ
Jul 6, 2008
rating: 5.9

definitely not 5.8. very cool climb though. just be careful on the thinly protected bottom (5.8ish) section.