Sidewinder  5.7+ A1+

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Type:  Trad, Aid, 5 pitches, 600 feet, Grade V Consensus:  5.7+ A1+ [details] FA:  Paul Gagner, Jeremy Aslaksen - December 2-5, 2010 New Route:  Yes Season:  All Year Sucka Submitted By:  Jeremy Aslaksen on Dec 29, 2010 You & This Route  |  Other Opinions (1) Your todo list: Your stars: Your rating: -none- [change] Your ticklist: [add new tick]

BETA PHOTO: South Faces of Cottontail and Echo towers. Sidewin...

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Description 

Fun 5.5 pitch route with a bunch of wide as well as some thin beaking/Peckering.

Start at the far right of the South Face below an obvious little spire.

Pretty much the analog crack of Phantom Sprint (North Face).

Fourth pitch shares a couple bolts (one is actually a nail pounded into mud) with Run Amok (Beyer) and 5th pitch shares the final Phantom Sprint (Beyer) bolt ladder.

Final pitch is same as Phantom Sprint.

Rap the route.

Location 

Sidewinder goes up the right skyline of the South Face on Echo. Approach by hiking up the yellow talus slope between Echo/Cottontail and the Oracle.

Protection 

Peckers
10 - #1
15 - #2
20 - #3

Specters
3

1 set small cams (Aliens, TCUs, Master Cams...whatever you got)
3 sets Camalots .5 - #5
1 #6 Camalot

Goggles.
Face mask.
Beer.

Plus all the other junk you will need.

There was a BUNCH of back cleaning big cams on this route. Be prepared to grovel. :-)

This route might seem a bit harder than the given grade. Please call Paul GAGner to complain. Thank you for your time. Jeremy Aslaksen

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BETA PHOTO: Topo	BETA PHOTO: Pitch 1	Cleaning pitch 1
BETA PHOTO: Pitch 2 wide	Cool roof on pitch 4	FULL ON excavation on pitch 3...enjoy the holes.
WOOHOO!!! Back on terra kinda firma!