Popeye Meets The Burrito Master 5.10d
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| Type: | Sport, 1 pitch, 55 feet |
| Consensus: | 5.10c [details] |
| FA: | Leo Henson & Paul Boulet |
| Season: | Spring thru Fall |
| Submitted By: | Orphaned on May 25, 2006 |
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Description "Popeye" is one of, if not THE, most popular routes at The Pit. The bottom section, rated 5.9, is very popular with moderate climbers as a warm-up or beginning lead. The upper section (responsible for the 10d rating) isn't nearly as good and rarely gets done.
Take care when belaying a leader on this route as you could both take a heckuva fall if they pile off the starting moves before clipping the first bolt.
NOTE: The quality rating here refers soley to the lower 5.9 section of the route!
Location Popeye is the left-most route that starts off the lower level of the Mall Wall. Super pocketed face.
Protection Bolts, chains with Mussy hooks.
Josh Gehman approaching the top and crux of his cl...
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BETA PHOTO: Shot of the whole route. Don't bother with the sec...
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| Comments on Popeye Meets The Burrito Master |
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By Tavis Ricksecker
From: Bishop, ca
Jul 26, 2007
rating: 5.10d
| First 'pitch' is classic, but the top is good too.. Not nearly as chossy as I had imagined, high, and exposed. Worth doing at least once.
5.9 to the first anchor
10d to the top |
By Andrew Ryder
From: Flagstaff, AZ
Feb 29, 2008
rating: 5.10d
| Finally did the top part of this yesterday. It's a lot of fun and much different than the bottom, with cool stemming moves a lot less obvious than the bucket-hauling on the first "pitch." We ran the whole thing on a 60m rope and had a couple meters to spare, and surprisingly, drag wasn't too much of an issue. There is one runout on the upper section that's a little freaky since a fall would probably drop you straight onto a ledge, but the climbing was fairly easy in that section. |
By Nathan Scherneck
From: Portland, OR
Sep 26, 2010
| We created a thread-through anchor 5' right of the route with the tail end of the rope for the belayer. |
By jeffrey c gibson
From: pheonix az
Oct 7, 2010
| I dont recomend the second pitch.A loose rock about the size of a softball smashed me in my dome peace...ended our day. |
By JMo
From: Flagstaff, AZ
Sep 15, 2012
| 2nd pitch good. 1st ok |
By SHOPE
From: Flagstaff, AZ
Mar 5, 2013
rating: 5.10c
| If you like technical climbing and stemming don't miss the top of Popeye! |
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