Nuts and Bolts  5.7

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Type:  Trad, 4 pitches, 400 feet, Grade II Consensus:  5.7 [details] FA:  MIke Brennan, Mark Haymond 1972 Submitted By:  powderfinger on Mar 13, 2013 You & This Route  |  Other Opinions (2) Your todo list: Your stars: Your rating: -none- [change] Your ticklist: [add new tick]

daniel on second pitch.

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Description 

Pitch 1: 5.7 chimney for 80ft Belay at top of chimney. Pitch 2: From belay climb left past a small roof for 5.8 featured face climbing or right for 5.7 friction. You can get in one piece after the belay in the roof and then it is about twenty feet to a bolt at the bottom of a crack. Follow shallow finger sized crack to bolted belay. Pitch 3: 5.7 continue to follow the crack system past a single bolt to a 2 bolt belay. Pitch 4: Traverse left on slabs to a very small right facing corner like feature that eventually leads to a gully and another ledge from here it is 3rd class. You can stop at another two bolted belay before the third class. We just simuled to the top.

Location 

On the Far Side of Tollhouse past Elephant Walk. Starts in the Chimney to the Left of Old Fart's Edge.

Protection 

Standard Rack to 3"