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The Sphinx
5.11b/c YDS 6c+ French 23 Ewbanks VIII- UIAA 24 ZA E4 6a British
Avg: 3.7 from 7 votes
Type: | Trad, 85 ft (26 m) |
FA: | Mike Dobie |
Page Views: | 920 total · 8/month |
Shared By: | Ryder Stroud on Apr 17, 2015 |
Admins: | Bob Moseley, Dan Flynn, Nate Ball |
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Description
A beast of a route from start to finish.
Start to the right of Akmun-Rah and to the left of Gifts under the crack that has an offwidth 2/3 of the way up. Start up a slab that steepens into a flake. The terrain will then become vertical briefly before rearing back into a huge, rounded overhang. Motor through some powerful, slopey laybacks and thrust your way into the offwidth. Grovel in the OW with some knee bars (guess which side in... it helps) for a few meters before you can finally regain some decent jams into a slightly overhung block feature. The chains will be just above this block feature.
Start to the right of Akmun-Rah and to the left of Gifts under the crack that has an offwidth 2/3 of the way up. Start up a slab that steepens into a flake. The terrain will then become vertical briefly before rearing back into a huge, rounded overhang. Motor through some powerful, slopey laybacks and thrust your way into the offwidth. Grovel in the OW with some knee bars (guess which side in... it helps) for a few meters before you can finally regain some decent jams into a slightly overhung block feature. The chains will be just above this block feature.
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