Merci Me  5.8 R

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Type:  Sport, 2 pitches, 190 feet Consensus:  5.8- [details] FA:  P1: Jim Sinclair, Dave Harris, (Eric Lance, Alex Bertulis) Sept. 1967. P2: Dean Hart, Jim Sinclair July 1969 Submitted By:  Steven Lucarelli on Aug 26, 2009 You & This Route  |  Other Opinions (17) Your todo list: Your stars: Your rating: -none- [change] Your ticklist: [add new tick]

Carrie following the first pitch of Merci Me.

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Description 

Merci Me is a fun face route that continues for two more pitches where Apron Strings ends. It's pretty runout (there are only eight bolts total for both pitches combined) but the climbing isn't that hard and most leaders that can climb Apron Strings should be fine.

Location 

Merci Me starts where Apron Strings ends. Two double rope rappels down the same route or using the anchor at the top of pitch one for Grey Matter will get you to the Flake Trail (I think one 70m rope might work but I'm not 100% on that, find out first!) From here you can scramble down the Flake Trail or do one more 60m rappel down Sense of Urgency to the ground.

Protection 

Pitch one has three bolts to a two bolt anchor, pitch two has five bolts to a two bolt anchor.

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Steven leading pitch two of Merci Me.	Negotiating the chain on the approach	pitch 1 --- too runout for me to want to lead!
belay at top of Pitch 1, and view of Pitch 2	pitch 2 is as scary as pitch 1!