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Switchbacks, Direct Start

5.8 PG13, Trad, 90 ft (27 m),  Avg: 1.6 from 5 votes
FA: Dave Rearick, 1958
California > Tahquitz & Suic… > Tahquitz Rock > (g) W Face > W Face - Center (Flin…

Description

Climb large edges to a single bolt about 20' off the ground, pull the crux, and then wander upwards to a ledge where you can get some gear (1.5") before under-clinging left along a gaping flake - this is where Switchbacks comes in from the left - continue up that route to it's belay under a small arch.

  • Fun climbing but it's a little heads up with the bolt being so high, although a micro cam might just fit below the bolt (a #0 Metolius tcu doesn't fit).

Location

Center of Flintstone Slab, about 50' right of Fred.

Protection

bolt (3/8"), gear to 3"

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Tradiban
 
[Hide Comment] Heading right to a second bolt is the route Betty, 5.10a. Aug 7, 2014