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Chicken Heads 

5.7

   

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Type: Trad
Consensus: 5.7 [details]
Length: 1 pitch, 200 feet
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Submitted By: Mark Mathis on Jul 14, 2007


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BETA PHOTO: Mosaic Rock (center) from the top of South Rock. ...


Description 

Start at the base of a right trending diagonal crack on a ledge 40 feet up the center of the wall. Follow the crack up and right, heading left and up where the crack turns left just before it ends.


Location 

Obtain the start ledge by climbing Chicken Shit (5.7). Walk off to the East (right).


Protection 

Standard trad rack (set of nuts and set of cams w/ extra slings). Belay from gear at the summit (large cams useful). 60m rope necessary to reach the summit from the ground in one pitch.



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By George Perkins
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From: Los Alamos, NM
Sep 12, 2009
rating: 5.7 PG13

For a while, there was a short-lived anchor 2/3 of the way up this climb, slightly to the left of the usual route at the level of the small tree. This was chopped recently, for better or worse, so plan on topping out and walking off, which is what everyone used to do anyway.