Printer Boy 5.11
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Pitch 1 (Picture by Annette Elton).
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Description From where the trail meets the rock, turn left and walk uphill past most of the routes and to a a left facing corner, just left of the steepest section of rock at the crag. The climb is just left of the left-facing corner. There is a second pitch - 10 bolts, 11b which I have not climbed. This is a really fun well-bolted climb with a nice finish. Definitely worth doing. I'm not sure about the length, a 60m rope is fine and I'm guessing that a 50m should be OK too, but you might want to tie a knot in the end. Addendum from Wendie: P2 fun, too (11c) - the crux is getting to the ledge at the anchor. Be careful if you do the 2nd pitch - not very well traveled, so lots of crumbly lichen growing on it. If you choose to go right to get to the ledge for the anchor, BE VERY CAREFUL - the rock is really broken there & much of it will fall onto your belayer or climbers below. If you string 2 pitches together, you need 2 ropes or 2 rappels.
Protection 8 bolts to a 2 bolt anchor.
Tom on the 2nd pitch of [Printer] Boy.
| BETA PHOTO: Scott leading pitch two of "Printer Boy". Notice ...
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By Wendie Jul 1, 2002
| Super Route! Very fun & properly rated (much easier than the 10a to the left of it)! The 2nd pitch is really fun, too (11c) - the crux is getting to the ledge at the anchor. Be careful if you do the 2nd pitch - not very well traveled, so lots of crumbly lichen growing on it. If you choose to go right to get to the ledge for the anchor, BE VERY CAREFUL - the rock is really broken there & much of it will fall onto your belayer or climbers below. Well worth climbing, though. You can even string the 2 pitches together (20 draws), if you're leading 11s. Forgot to mention that if you string the 2 pitches together, you either need 2 ropes or 2 rappels.... |
By Rob Dillon From: '81 Sunrader Jul 25, 2004
| Um, the 2nd pitch crux is a bolted crack, which gives it up rather more easily than .11c if you know how to put your hands in the crack like they used ta back in the days before people drilled next to hand cracks. Excellent, fun pitch nonetheless; you may descend with 1 60m rope via the 1st pitch raps if you're careful near the ground. |
By Jake Wyatt From: Longmont, CO Aug 11, 2004
Gear Alert
| Some of the nuts on the coldshuts are loose (including the left shut at the p1 anchor), so be prepared to hand-tighten them as you go. |
By tim naylor Aug 19, 2004 rating: 5.9+
| One move wonder weaving through choss. |
By Hillary P Aug 15, 2010
| The coldshut fell off of the first bolt out of nowhere while my partner was nearing the top. Nut was nowhere to be found. |
By Curt Dvonch From: los alamos, nm Jun 6, 2012 rating: 5.10c
| This comment doesn't show up because it was a condition report, but I'll repeat it as Info: Lynn S Aug 26, 2010 Pitch one protection bolts and anchor bolts replaced. Hardware courtesy of ASCA. |
By Jason Young Aug 6, 2012 rating: 5.11b
| The second pitch of this route has cleaned up a lot (in comparison to the first comment). The only thing I noticed was a very large "death-block" wedged into the crack below the crux. This thing is way too tempting to use as both a hand and foot hold. It shifted and some grit fell out when I grabbed it. I was following this pitch and nobody was below, so I tried to wiggle it out. It was wedged in enough and I didn't want to hang on the rope to try harder, so there it stays, ready to guillotine the rope, belayer, etc. God forbid that this should happen. The route difficulty will not change much if this feature is removed. Although I am not a local, perhaps if I make it up there again I will try to remove it with a hammer and crowbar. The route is just WAY TOO AWESOME not to be cleaned up a bit more and made much more safe. The "Dazed and Confused" extension is fantastic as well. I don't see any information for it on this site, so I will try to add it in. |
By Tzilla Rapdrilla Aug 20, 2012
| WARNING - Ditto the previous comment about the death block. Why wasn't that thing pitched when the route went in? It is only held in by a baseball-sized rock and is actually fractured in half. I noticed chalk on it when I carefully climbed around it yesterday. This thing needs to go. In the meantime, resist the temptation to even touch it. A crowbar and a ground crew to keep folks away would be needed to fix this mess. |
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