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The Today Show

Name: The Today Show
Rating: 2.5

5.7 YDS 5a French 15 Ewbanks V+ UIAA 13 ZA MVS 4b British X

Routes in News Wall

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	Baba Wawa T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b X
	Good Morning America TR 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c X
	Late Night T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b X
	Mercy Street S 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a PG13
	More Sweat TR 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	No Sweat T 5.4 4a 12 IV 10 VD 3c
	Nobody Likes Bryant Gumbel T,TR 5.9- 5c 17 VI 16 HVS 4c X
	Pro Sweat S 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Slippery When Sweat T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
	Sweat T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Today Show, The T,TR 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b X
	Walter Funkite T 5.4 4a 12 IV 10 VD 3c

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Type:	Trad, TR, 90 ft (27 m)
FA:	James Crump
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Access Issue: Rule changes for pets and trail closures 30 minutes after sunset Details

Rule Changes Concerning Pets at Enchanted Rock State Natural Area to Take Effect March 1.
Beginning March 1, new rules will take effect at Enchanted Rock State Natural Area designed to balance the need to better protect sensitive natural habitats atop the rock, including the vernal pools, and still allow visitors to continue to enjoy central Texas’ most popular destination with their pets.

Starting Tuesday, pets will only be allowed in specified camping areas, day-use areas and the Loop Trail. Pets will no longer be allowed to accompany hikers on the Summit Trail that ascends to the top of Enchanted Rock.
Most trails, including the Summit Trail, are closed 30 minutes after sunset, allowing park visitors to view the sunset and safely descend to the parking lot. The Loop Trail is the only trail open after sunset to gain access to the primitive camping areas.

For more info:
tpwd.texas.gov/state-parks/…

830-685-3636

Description

Start up Walter Funkite, pull the break, and head straight for the top.

Originally, this was done as a free solo by James Crump. Just about everyone topropes it now, and it is listed as a TR in a newer guidebook, but I have listed it in keeping with the FA.

If you want to lead this on gear, you can protect the move pulling the break (a #6 works), but there is no pro after that, so any fall 20' or so or more above that piece means cratering.

Location

At the base of News Wall, find Walter Funkite. The picture here should make locating Today Show easy. That's if you're actually going to lead it.

Otherwise, lead Funkite, No Sweat, or Sweat to the Funkite anchors, climb the easy mini-pitch to the top of News Wall, and walk left beneath a headwall to bolted anchors you can use to set a TR.

Or approach News Wall from the top. The best way is to take the Echo Canyon Trail to its crest, ascend up the slabs to and past the Lunar Rocks and then cut over to the Backside and find an easy slab that takes one to a climber's trail that wanders across the top of Center Wall, News Wall, and part of the Shield. It is an easy but exposed walk to the anchors mentioned, but if that doesn't look good, it's possible to build a TR anchor and hang the masterpoint over the headwall.