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DescriptionMexico is a big country, roughly a quarter the size of the Lower 48 in land area. It includes the Baja California peninsula, extending nearly 800 miles south of the U.S. border. Getting ThereRefer to areas for specific directions. The ClassicsMountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for Mexico:
Dead Man Walking 5.9 Trad, Sport, 1 pitch, 135 feet El Potrero Chico : The Dihedrals
Aguja Celo Rey 5.10a Sport, 2 pitches, 200 feet El Potrero Chico : Las Agujas (The Spires)
Will the Wolf Survive? 5.10a Sport, 4 pitches, 400 feet El Potrero Chico : Los Lobos Canyon
Pancho Villa Rides Again 5.10c Sport, 5 pitches, 500 feet El Potrero Chico : Mota Wall
Treasure of the Sierra Madre 5.10c Sport, 7 pitches, 700 feet, Grade II El Potrero Chico : Mota Wall
Satori 5.10c Sport, 7 pitches, 700 feet, Grade II El Potrero Chico : Zapatista Wall
Snott Girlz 5.10+ Sport, 7 pitches, 450 feet El Potrero Chico : Mota Wall
Space Boyz 5.10d Sport, 11 pitches, 1000 feet El Potrero Chico : La Selva (Jungle Wall)
Agua de Coco 5.10d Sport, 3 pitches, 350 feet El Potrero Chico : TNT Wall
Two Pump Chump 5.11a Sport, 2 pitches, 200 feet El Potrero Chico : Mota Wall
Estrellita 5.11a Sport, 12 pitches, 1200 feet El Potrero Chico : Las Estrellas (The Stars)
El Sendero Diablo (The Devil's Path) 5.11c Sport, 6 pitches, 600 feet, Grade II The Outrage Wall : Outrage Wall Proper
Pangea 5.11+ Sport, 1 pitch, 80 feet El Potrero Chico : Las Agujas (The Spires)
Don Quixote 5.11d Sport, 1 pitch, 80 feet Virgin Canyon : Lower Virgin
Yankee Clipper 5.12a Sport, 15 pitches, 1500 feet, Grade III El Potrero Chico : La Selva (Jungle Wall)
Time Wave Zero 5.12a Sport, 23 pitches, 2300 feet, Grade III El Potrero Chico : Time Wave Buttress
Celestial Omnibus 5.12- Sport, 2 pitches, 70 feet The Outrage Wall : Bronco Bowl
Mr. Big 5.12- Sport, 1 pitch, 120 feet Sense of Religion : The Mileski Wall
Mothership Connection 5.13a Sport, 2 pitches, 240 feet The Outrage Wall : Outrage Wall Proper
Surfer Rosa 5.13a Sport, 90 feet El Potrero Chico : The Surf Bowl
Featured Route For Mexico
Yankee Clipper 5.12a International : Mexico : ... : La Selva (Jungle Wall)
This is a long moderate route with the 15th pitch being 5.12a. If you don't do the 15th pitch, it goes at 5.10b. I only did the first 14 pitches. We climbed with a single 60m rope and on the raps, we had the knot up against our belay devices multiple times. I recommend the 60m rope, a 70m would be an extra 10m * 14 * 2 = 280m of rope to manage. The rock is sharper the higher you go, until the 14th pitch...in shade and not as sharp. Here are the pitches as best I can remember:All pitches ar...[more] Browse More Classics in International
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