The Oak (AKA Oak Tree Direct) 5.9+ PG13
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| Type: | Trad, 1 pitch, 90 feet |
| Consensus: | 5.9 [details] |
| FA: | Unknown |
| Submitted By: | saxfiend on Dec 19, 2010 |
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Description Stiff for the grade and with sometimes unintuitive protection, The Oak is not a 5.9 to take lightly.
Starting at an oak tree, do some delicate (and unprotected) face climbing for 10-12' to a ledge. Continue up the face above to a bulge. Puzzle in some pro and finesse your way through the bulge, then cruise to the top.
Location The left-most route on the Graham's Crack wall.
Protection Small to medium gear (active and passive). Bolted anchors.
| Comments on The Oak (AKA Oak Tree Direct) |
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By bernard
From: birmingham, al
Dec 22, 2010
| i've always known this one as Oak Tree (oddly, it ends at a well established pine tree). At the upper third of the route there are three separate finish possibilities. The route is most typically toproped due to the thin nature of the protection opportunities on this upper section.
Someone has fouled the beautiful top-out moves by placing fixed anchors.
Part of the Steele 'classic' series, you might say |
By sammy raviv
Dec 23, 2010
| This route has always been called Oak Tree Direct and rated 5.8+. |
By bernard
From: birmingham, al
Jan 5, 2011
| i'd say that the difficulty range of the three separate finish options ranges from 5.8+ through 5.10. Some pleasing holds and movement |
By highneed
Jun 3, 2012
rating: 5.9+
| I thought this climbed better than Graham's crack. The protection in the upper face is excellent slings and tri-cams (beautiful pink one and weird blue one) but can be very strenuous to place. There is no way a 5.8 leader should jump on this. |
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