Type: Trad, 80 ft (24 m)
FA: Layton Kor & Ray Northcutt, 1961?
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Shared By: Steve Annecone on Sep 16, 2005
Admins: Leo Paik, John McNamee, Frances Fierst, Monty, Monomaniac, Tyler KC

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Bong Session goes out the roof and up the big crack located just right of the Resinator, and just left of Pipe Dreams. This route is far more interesting than it looks. I suspect this name is what started the trend of naming the other routes with a similar topic, although it's quite possible that the first ascentionist was referring to the use of 3 to 4-inch piton "bongs"? Any Boulder old-timers care to comment on the history here?

The business starts immediately upon arriving under the roof. Good pro is available just under the roof, and a very good medium nut can be placed over your head before committing to the next moves. Use long enough slings to avoid rope drag higher up.

Move out on good jugs through very steep terrain, then power up to a good jam behind a flake. Continue battling up the crack another move or two to a decent stance. Very powerful and lungy, I felt a 10c rating was more accurate than the 10a listed in the guidebooks. From there, follow a clean hand crack up to the base of a very wide crack, then move sharply right along a ramp, and head up a beautiful and near vertical wide hands crack. After the crux, nothing was harder than 5.9. Go to the two bolt anchor and rap. Very nice route if you like cracks.

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A few medium nuts and small cams (Aliens) for the crux roof near the start, then some medium to larger cams including doubles in the hand size through #4 Friends. One #4 Camalot may also be useful.

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