Upper Black Dyke  5.10b

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Type:  Sport, 4 pitches, 600 feet Consensus:  5.10b [details] FA:  Submitted By:  Jeremy Frimer on Dec 31, 2010 You & This Route  |  Other Opinions (2) Your todo list: Your stars: Your rating: -none- [change] Your ticklist: [add new tick]

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Description 

A four-pitch bolt-protected face climb up a basalt dyke. Crux is at the final bolt on the final pitch. Juggy climbing or moderate difficulty in high exposure at the top of the Grand Wall. If finishing the Grand Wall, the Upper Black Dyke is the easiest way to the top of the wall. The rock is not as solid as granite but good enough.

Location 

The climb begins on Bellygood Ledge, which can be reached by climbing The Grand Wall, Milk Road, Freeway, Europa, or any other route on the Grand Wall, Dihedrals, or Tantalus Wall. Alternatively, one can approach via the backside trail then follow the Bellygood trail (tricky to find the turn-off).

Descent: walk down the backside trail.

Protection 

draws. optional single of cams (fingers to tight hands).

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the start of pitch 1 off Bellygood	Juggy, exposed 5.8 climbing on pitch 2 (recleaned ...	finishing pitch 3
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