Zeno's Paradox 5.10d
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| Type: | Trad, 1 pitch, 80 feet |
| Consensus: | 5.10d [details] |
| FA: | Spencer Lennard and Chris Robbins, 1978 |
| Submitted By: | Jeffery on Aug 19, 2007 |
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Looking down at the beginning of the flake.
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Description This route can be reached from the first pitch of The Illegitimate (5.9.). Exit right from the belay to reach a large and green lichen covered flake(10c). Climb the flake up through a small roof and onto a steep face (10d). Some slabby moves will lead you up past two bolts (3/8") and then finish on a short section of the The Illegitimate for a belay at a large pine tree.
Protection The flake should protect well using cams up to 4"; nuts may also be utilized in a thin parallel crack. If you set up a toprope be sure to use some pieces for directionals as the rope does not fall directly upon the flake.
Rusty quarter inch bolt on the face.
| Zeno's Paradox lower bolt. Notice the corrosion gr...
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| Comments on Zeno's Paradox |
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By Murf Sep 1, 2008
| Bolts are bad, but you are on positive ground before you are too far off the initial bolt. The layback is powerful, Tony has good advice, at least 3 big pieces, a #3, a #3.5, and a #4 work. I see Tony G's comment when I type this one, but not while viewing the climb, odd. |
By tony grice Sep 1, 2008
| Just lead it 2 days ago. Belay at the base of a killer thin crack with small bushes growing out of it about 50' below Zeno's dihedral. We approached via White Maiden's Walkaway better choice would be via The Illegitimate (exit Illigetimate 1/2 way or so up its 2nd pitch small ledge at base of thin crack). Belay takes .4 thru #1. Climb off the belay into a nice tips crack (10a) (mind the shrubbery) pro thin cams (blue TCU, green Alien). Then get on up into the bomber, colorful, pumpy, granite dihedral crack. I placed a #3.5, 2 #3's, and one #2 (thin crack pro is available). At the top of the dihedral you encounter awsome moves surmounting the roof (med pro - yellow Alien, orange TCU) (Downclimable), then got up to the holy shit bolts. Should have checked here before the climb. Downclimbed and traversed into Illigitimate. Onsight ruined. new bolts coming? Super climb! Bomber rock! |
By Jeff Sewell Feb 2, 2009
| Great classic/ combo is to climb Looking Backwards - then onto Zeno's.... |
By mschlocker From: San Diego, CA May 29, 2009
| Bolts replaced 05/2009. Tony Grice and I popped nice stainless units back in the original holes. Go climb it! |
By mschlocker From: San Diego, CA May 31, 2010
| I finally got on this thing. Full value. Four stars for one pitch. We headed up White Maiden, heading left on the first pitch onto The Illegitimate. After a ways we went up a crack heading right off the Illegitimate which aims straight toward Zeno's. On an earlier attempt I tried to traverse in from the White Maiden ledge. It is a poorly protected downward traverse so your second will not be happy going that route. I used a lot of gear, there is a really thin crack taking thin nuts and micro aliens at the start and the dihedral soaks up #3 C4 Camalots. I was super stoked to clip those new bolts Tony and I threw in. Luckily I did not have to test them. I felt really out there off that first bolt. |
By Murf May 31, 2010
| Zeno's saw a ton of traffic this weekend! I saw a party on it on Saturday late. The leader looked to having trouble on the tricky roof section, good thing you guys replaced those bolts. |
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