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The Roof

Name: The Roof
Rating: 2.6

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

Routes in Main Slab - Lower

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	African Flake T 5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a
	Beanstalk T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c C1
	Boogaloo T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Boogaloo Direct T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Corn Flake C1
	Crater Maker (aka Dark Side of the Moon) T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b R
	Dark Angel (aka The Ghost) T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Donatello T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Edger Sanction T 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	English Hanging Gardens T 5.12- 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
	Extra Sanction T 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Frontal Lobotomy T 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Giant Step T 5.10b/c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Hard Trough, The T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Headwall T 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
	If You Believe S 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Jolly Green Giant T 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Kwanku Dai T 5.7+ 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Last Drain to Clarksville S 5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a
	Man on the Moon T 5.7+ 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Mind Bender T 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	New Route T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
	Northwest Passage T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a R
	Out of Sight Out of Mind T 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
	Pudnurtle T 5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Puppy Chow T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Puppy Dog T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
	Raging Slab T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b R
	Rat Crack T 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
	Rat Crack Variation T 5.10a/b 6a+ 19 VI+ 19 E2 5b
	Raw Deal T 5.11- 6c 22 VIII- 22 E3 5c
	Roof, The T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Shroud, The T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Sierra Club Direct T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
	Slabbergasted TR 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Slabtacular TR 5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b
	Sponsor a Bolt, Save a Life T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Toprope Problem T 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b R
	Trough, The T 5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a
	Unknown T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c PG13
	Virgin, The T 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Wedunett T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
	Welcome to Big Rock S 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b

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Type:	Trad, 100 ft (30 m)
FA:	Lee Harrell, early 1960's
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Access Issue: Rebolting Complete! Details

CA State Parks officially reopened Big Rock to public access April 28th, 2018. After months of effort 53 anchors and 232 bolts have been upgraded to 1/2" X 2.75" stainless steel Powers 5-piece bolts and rings.

Description

This line follows the left side of the Angel and surmounts the right side of the arching roof. It starts about 6 to the right of Northwest Passage. Thin climbing on slippery dark rock leads to the crux, pulling the roof. Although there is a bolt just below the roof and gear under the roof many a lead climber has taken a nasty fall from the crux. Be sure to wear your helmet on this one! Once above the roof, easy slab climbing leads past one more bolt to the anchor at the start of Let it Bleed. From here you can rap (a 60m is just long enough) or continue up Let it Bleed or one of the Flakes. Due to the slippery nature of the black rock, many teams choose to start up Northwest Passage and traverse up and right below the roof to gain the crux.