Wicked Bender 

FA:  Type:  Sport Consensus:  5.13b [details] Length:  1 pitch, 55 feet Season:  southeast facing-5500 ft elevation Views: 104 page views Submitted By: bheller on Jul 3, 2009 Add Photo  Add Comment

You and this route  |  Other Opinions (2) Your todo list: Your stars: Your rating: -none- [change] Your ticklist: [add new tick]

BETA PHOTO: Lonnie Kauk redpointing his 2nd attempt of Wicked ...

Description 

A fun, hard route! Technical climbing, great sequences, and hard pulls on shallow pockets characterized this great route. Feels like multiple boulder problems with a couple of marginal shakes. The lower section is a little sandy, but the orange stone at the top is beautiful- the climbing and the rock color are reminicint of the Churning Buttress routes at Smith Rocks. High tech kneebar action seems to be the ticket for the boulder problem off the ground.

Location 

Climbs out the left side of the low Dry wall cave. Merges at the top to share anchors with the JJ memorial route, which climbs 6 feet or so to the left.

Protection 

Bolts... about 7... lower off the chains. Stick clip the high first bolt.

Photos of Wicked Bender Slideshow

Add Photo

BETA PHOTO: Lonnie Kauk sending the last move on Wicked Bender	Lonnie Kauk navigating his way through Wicked Bend...	Lonnie Kauk getting lowered off Wicked Bender
Lonnie Kauk