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Strawberry Fields 

Strawberry Fields 

5.9+

   

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Type: Trad
Consensus: 5.9+ [details]
Length: 1 pitch, 65 feet
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Submitted By: Jon St John on Dec 16, 2006


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Ico styling up the fields


Description 

Splitter hand crack; crux is about 2/3 of the way up. An optional second pitch goes at 5.11a.


Location 

Obvious splitter hand crack in the Reflector Oven area.


Protection 

Small - medium sized cams. Two-bolt anchor at top.



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Nathan Sydnor rapping down Strawberry Fields

Nathan Sydnor rapping down Strawberry Fields

Ico, back for more fun and verbal abuse.

Ico, back for more fun and verbal abuse.

Me leading Strawberry Fields.

BETA PHOTO: Me leading Strawberry Fields.


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By Eric D
Mar 1, 2007
rating: 5.9+

PG13? It's a splitter crack, you get gear anywhere you want it the whole way up!

By Steve C
From: Missoula, MT
Apr 18, 2007

Agreed. Gear from .5-3" all the way up. Second pitch is great too with a tough lieback right from the ledge.

By Steven Traylor
Jun 1, 2007

Killer route...this route, Eagle's Gift, and the oh my god dihedral are must do's

its always good to be on the rag on a nice october day

By Dennis
Jul 18, 2007

I was surprised to find such a great splitter on the east coast. The 10+ chimney/crack 25 feet to the left of Strawberry is worthwhile as well.

If you're there when the bushes are low, go to Bushwhack crack (10+) and The The (13). Bushwhack is a gorgeous hand/fist splitter on sharp J-tree like rock. The anchors are fixed nuts placed horizontally; they look sketchy but held me. The anchors at The The, a fingers/ring locks crack, were bomber and shiny as of this past April 2007.

By Joe Forrester
From: Charlottesville, VA
Aug 24, 2007

PG13, honestly? Give me a break. You can get gear in anywhere on the climb.

By franciscov
From: Golden, Colorado
Sep 17, 2007
rating: 5.9-

5.9 very safe.

By Jon St John
From: Fayetteville, WV
Nov 12, 2007

Sorry about the PG13 - must have been an accident when I added the route way back when. Fixed now! Enjoy.

By Jesse Morehouse
From: CO
Jun 6, 2008
rating: 5.9+

Fun route. P2- more a boulder problem than a pitch, is tough right off the beay so place (thin) gear early to avoid bouncing off the belay ledge!

By Ross Purnell
From: Palmyra
Jun 10, 2009

I was here June 6, 2009. The stinging nettles along the path were chest-high all the way from the Ridge Trail, down the Bushwhack Trail all the way to the base of the Reflector Oven at the cave. It was cool and shady with no stinging nettles at the base of the climb.

Wear pants and long-sleeve shirts and you'll be fine. We had shorts and 15 minutes of discomfort both ways. Nobody at the climb...I guess with good reason.