Natural Enhancement  5.11+

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Type:  Trad, 1 pitch, 130 feet Consensus:  5.11+ [details] FA:  FA Darren Singer, Dan Foster on the extension. Submitted By:  JJ Schlick on Aug 17, 2008 You & This Route  |  Other Opinions (5) Your todo list: Your stars: Your rating: -none- [change] Your ticklist: [add new tick]

Josh Janes gunning and plugging.

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The first 90' of this line was done by Darren Singer, and ended at a webbing anchor with old nuts. Instead of placing a modern anchor at this point, Dan Foster fired up the last 25'-30' of overhanging finger splitter and created one of the longest pitches on the right side, as well as, one of the most classic 5.11s up there. It is long...

Start on hard chunky face with zig-zag crack up to more chunky rock, always aiming for the small diving board feature, and the splitter crack (by chunky, I don't that it is all that suspect). This section should not be underestimated, and is probably 10+ though looks easier.

Once you get onto the diving board, expect small hands to fingers, with a 5.11 finger crux mid height. There is a good rest at the point of where the old school anchors once rested, and take advantage of that, because the climbing gets more strenuous and steep from here with fingers, edges, and pockets coming at you in a hard way. The gear can be a bit tricky on this section...save a .5, .75, and a #1 BD Cam for the top. The climbing is physical, though the jams are excellent.

Location 

Just left of No Feelings, A little ways right of Unknown soldier.

Protection 

• ** A 70 meter rope will barely suffice for this thing*** Anchors are above the last ledge way up high and out of sight(Two Fixe rap/ring bolts)

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Natural Enhancement is the splitter, and No Utopia...	The start of Natural Enhancement. Do not underest...	The gear that constituted the old anchor. The @...
Josh Janes moving into the pumpy section up high.