Nerve Damage  5.10+ PG13

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Type:  Trad, 1 pitch, 70 feet Consensus:  5.10+ [details] FA:  D. Hare, C. Peisker, 1986 Season:  Mostly shaded Submitted By:  Tony B on Nov 20, 2007 You & This Route  |  Other Opinions (2) Your todo list: Your stars: Your rating: -none- [change] Your ticklist: [add new tick]

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Access via Boulder Falls closed MORE INFO >>> Boulder Falls is open to tourists but the slope and approach to Lower Dream Canyon remains closed until further notice. This information is a public crowdsourcing effort between the Access Fund, and Mountain Project. You should confirm closures, restrictions, and/or related dates. Keeping climbing areas open and conserving the climbing environment

Description 

An obscure route relative to the more recent additions to the wall, this one is not clearly outlined by bolts or chalk. Start up off the ground and climb a crux slab past a bolt. This is rated 5.11a in the Rossiter book, but feels more like 5.10. 'The Scientist' is considerably harder. Head up and left with small nuts and cams ready. While the first descent was no doubt done in some other fashion, presently the retreat is quite easy. Work over to the anchors on 'The Scientist' and rap off.

Location 

Just left of The Scientist on the left-facing wall at Plotinus. Start on a slab and then work up and left to a shallow corner. The topo on this site guides you to finish as for Plotinus, but the original option is still left of there.

Protection 

A single bolt on a slab is used to access a crack system that will take a few nuts and small cams. I last climbed it in 2003 and the precise size needed presently escapes me. The protection is poor up in the corner there, but the difficulty has been considerably decreased. If you felt solid getting to it, you should be OK.