Off The Couch  5.10d

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Type:  Sport, 7 pitches, 600 feet, Grade III Consensus:  5.10d [details] FA:  Maki Gorchynsky, Fred Bohm, Scott Moser, Cooper Caillier New Route:  Yes Submitted By:  Scott Moser on Apr 13, 2010 You & This Route  |  Other Opinions (4) Your todo list: Your stars: Your rating: -none- [change] Your ticklist: [add new tick]

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Description 

Off The Couch follows the first two pitches of Satori (5.9, 5.10b), then traverses left for a short pitch (5.8), and ascends the beautiful clean face for four more pitches (5.8, 5.10a, 5.10b, 5.10d).

Location 

Follow the trail to Satori: start up the mining road that cuts right from the riverbed before entering the Potrero. Take a quick left up rocky trail toward The Dunce/ El Bobo. Follow the rock ridge for several hundred feet above the Dunce until a trail cuts off left crossing a scree slope and passing a cairn. The route is clearly visible from a distance.

Protection 

Bring 13 quickdraws and a 60m rope (though with a 70m rope you can rappel pitches 3 and 4 together).

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Fred Bohm on the first ascent of Off The Couch	Maki Gorchynsky bolting the knife-edge top of Off ...	Maki during FA on pitch 4.
Maki on FA leading pitch 5. (I think)	Cooper following pitch 4 on the FA.