Palo Verde  5.13a

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Type:  Trad, 2 pitches, 300 feet, Grade II Consensus:  5.13a [details] FA:  FA: Jim Anglin & Mike Hartley Jan 1, 1981 FFA: Tim Garlund Submitted By:  corvegas on Jan 24, 2007 You & This Route  |  Other Opinions (1) Your todo list: Your stars: Your rating: -none- [change] Your ticklist: [add new tick]

Jake Hector on P2 of Palo Verde

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Description 

[No longer a nailing route, this has been freed at 5.13a]

Best nailing route at smith. A3 in the Watts guide. As always aid ratings are subjective.

P1 - 4th class - Scramble up to the 4th class ledge, belay from two bolts.

P2 - 5.6 A2+ - Free climb up to the aid cracks, begin on clean aid with aliens, aid past retro bolt belay into a shallow diheadral, belay from bolts, below roof.

P3 - 5.4 A2+ - Pull the roof on a fixed KB and continue up the crack, the rock gets rotten but there are a few 3 bolts and a belay 20ft below the top. Aid past below free climb through the killer top out, belay from juniper tree. (only one bolt is original from the FA)

Location 

The biggest steepest part of the Mesa Verde Wall

Protection 

Full aid rack to with cams to 2inches. Sawed angles and beaks are helpfull.