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Crossing Over 

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FA: Mark & Louise Sargent June 2009
New Route: Yes
Type: Sport
Consensus: 5.7+ [details]
Length: 1 pitch, 130 feet
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Submitted By: Mark Sgt on Aug 16, 2009


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Description 

Who will be the first to cross over the edge?

Start is 8 feet upslope from the white quartzite belay table as Lifeline. Warning: this climb has great potential for rope drag. A perfect route for double ropes or use single length slings on the lower half of the route. Lifeline comes close to Crossing Over about 50 feet up, don’t continue up into the right facing small notch of Lifeline instead traverse out right on Crossing Over. Clip bolts following the contour of the arête that steps right then up to anchor. 16 bolts total on route. 28 meter rap down over arête to Climbers Choice Wall. Please remember there may be climbers below on Climbers Choice Wall so yell and give a chance for a response. Tie a knot at the end of your ropes. 40-45 meters


Location 

Start at the same white quartzite belay table as Lifeline. Originally the climb was done by traversing left 10 feet, then up right in the wide crack but the crack is a little wide and trashy so we soon added a face start just 8 feet upslope from the stone belay table. Clip bolt initial grey bolt, move upleft to bolts on face.


Protection 

16 draws. Use longer slings at bottom to help reduce rope drag.



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By Dave Borba
Aug 27, 2009

Super fun sustained climbing with nice exposure while "crossing over"! Like the discriptions says, rope drag is an issue epsecially with short draws. Bring slings, and have fun, the amount of sustained climbing ending with a single rope rapel is worth draggin' the rope up for.