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Recluse Traverse
5.10b YDS 6a+ French 19 Ewbanks VII- UIAA 19 ZA E2 5b British
Avg: 2.6 from 8
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Routes in The North End
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[Redacted] S 5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b |
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Bail Safe T 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b |
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Be Sharp Or B Flat T 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b X |
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Big Plum (the Girdle Traverse of Cathedral Ledge), The T 5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b A0 |
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Bird's Nest T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a |
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Childs Play T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b |
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Exiles in Babylon T 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b |
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Fail Safe T 5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a R |
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Generation X T,TR 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b R |
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Jack The Ripper T 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c PG13 |
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Kiddy Crack T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b |
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Liger, The T 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a |
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Mantleshelf Problem T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c |
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Merrill's Variation T 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a |
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Possessed, The T 5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a |
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Post Mortem T 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a |
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Raising The Roof T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a |
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Recluse T 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c |
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Recluse Traverse T 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b |
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Roof aka The Corner, The T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c |
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Slot, The T 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b |
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They Died Laughing T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a |
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Thresher T,S 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b |
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| Type: | Trad |
| FA: | unknown |
| Page Views: | 1,881 total · 11/month |
| Shared By: | Jay Knower on Nov 9, 2009 |
| Admins: | Jay Knower, M Sprague, Lee Hansche, Jeffrey LeCours, Jonathan S, Robert Hall |
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Description
You have probably walked past this route one hundred times without seeing it. If you look at the start of Recluse, and then look to the right, you will see a thin crack horizontally splitting the wall. This is the Recluse Traverse.
Start on Kiddy Crack and climb up to the top of some stacked blocks. From here, the crack traverses directly left, steeply at first, for about 25 feet. The first bit is the crux, as the overhanging wall below offers no footholds. Once you reach Recluse, continue straight up that crack to the top of the cliff.
The Webster guide mentions this traversing crack having been climbed as the beginning of a girdle traverse (wtf?) of the Practice Slab. It makes more sense to me to head up Recluse instead. Plus, this is a nice way to climb the stellar upper crack of Recluse without having to do that route's heinous boulder problem start.
Start on Kiddy Crack and climb up to the top of some stacked blocks. From here, the crack traverses directly left, steeply at first, for about 25 feet. The first bit is the crux, as the overhanging wall below offers no footholds. Once you reach Recluse, continue straight up that crack to the top of the cliff.
The Webster guide mentions this traversing crack having been climbed as the beginning of a girdle traverse (wtf?) of the Practice Slab. It makes more sense to me to head up Recluse instead. Plus, this is a nice way to climb the stellar upper crack of Recluse without having to do that route's heinous boulder problem start.
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