Princess Bong  5.9 A1

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Type:  Trad, Aid, 1 pitch, 80 feet Consensus:  5.9 A1 [details] FA:  Strappo Hughes, Steve Bartlett, May 2004 New Route:  Yes Submitted By:  Steve "Crusher" Bartlett on Jun 23, 2010 You & This Route  |  Other Opinions (2) Your todo list: Your stars: Your rating: -none- [change] Your ticklist: [add new tick]

Princess Bong, viewed from southwest. Crack line i...

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Description 

Start: on the south-southwest side, under an obvious crack system.
Climb up the cracks to the summit. This will probably go free. It was blowing a fierce windstorm all day when we climbed this. Rock is mostly good, but the summit area rock is paler and softer.

Location 

Princess Bong is in the Viewfinder Towers, about five miles north of Hanksville. This tower is the southernmost tower on the west side of the road, almost directly across from Planet X. Approaching from the north, this is the last tower on the right, before the road crests a hill and descends towards Hanksville.

Protection 

Gear: standard rack. Drilled anchors at top, rappel north side, single rope

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Strappo gearing up at base of Princess Bong

strappo leading on first ascent, fighting the wind...