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Regular Route

Name: Regular Route
Rating: 3.7

5.9 YDS 5c French 17 Ewbanks VI UIAA 17 ZA HVS 5a British

Routes in North Face

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	Arsonist, The T 5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c
	Captain Fairview T 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c R
	Fairest of All T 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b R
	Fairview Heights T 5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c
	Fiddler on the Roof T 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a R
	Inverted Staircase T 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b PG13
	Lyme Line T 5.12+ 7c 28 IX 27 E6 6b
	Regular Route T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Rumor Has It T 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c R

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Type:	Trad, 1000 ft (303 m), 12 pitches, Grade III
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Description

P1: Lieback to fingers to a small belay stance (or continue up to large ledge with pine tree). (5.9)

P2: Hands to a wide pod to a ledge. (5.8)

P3: Sustained fingers (5.7) through a couple of small roofs to a ledge. (5.8)

P4: Incipient cracks head straight up, through where a large scary white flake used to be. Traverse up and right past two pins to huge "Crescent Ledge." (5.8)

P5: Follow right-facing dihedral on left side of ledge up, increasing in difficulty (5.6), or traverse left to the 5.5 R flakes. (5.6)

P6: Another dihedral up and left. Where it really steepens, step right onto the face past knobs and small placements. Either lieback on the right-hand side of the roof (5.7), or pull straight through at a pin (5.9).

P7: Follow ledges up and right, staying toward easier ground. (5.7 start, then 5.4)

About four more pitches of easy ground. Simul what you can. (mostly 5.0, occasional 5.4 to 5.6)

Location

Park in a large parking area on the south side of the road. Follow obvious and signed trails to the slabs at the base of the dome. Take 3rd class slabs to the start of the route.

Descent: walk off the back side, and most of the way back to the start of the climb to regain climber trails back to the road.