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Honeymoon Arete

Name: Honeymoon Arete
Rating: 3.0

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

Routes in Main Cliff

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	Absence of Light, The T 5.10- 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Balancing Act S 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Beer-Bellied Black Mountain Bushwhackers T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
	Bikes-N-Ditches T 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Black Beans T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
	Black Bear T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Black Clouds S 5.7+ 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Black Dreams T 5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Black Jesus T 5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a
	Black Mamba T 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Black Moon Rising T 5.11- 6c 22 VIII- 22 E3 5c
	Black Opus T 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
	Black Plague T 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Black Plum T 5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b
	Climbmax T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Collage a Trois T 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Crows Fly Black T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	D 'n' B T 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Dirty Dreams S 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Divided Sky S 5.10c/d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b
	Double D Cracks, Left Side T 5.7+ 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Double D Cracks, Right Side T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Dreamy honeymoon- link up T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Eight Lives Left T 5.10a/b 6a+ 19 VI+ 19 E2 5b
	Ejection Seat S 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Expanding Horizons T 5.9- 5c 17 VI 16 HVS 4c
	Fear is the Mind Killer T 5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c
	Fight For Your Mind (aka Go Left) T 5.11- 6c 22 VIII- 22 E3 5c
	Frijoles negros T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Grizzly T 5.11- 6c 22 VIII- 22 E3 5c PG13
	Honeymoon Arete T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Hotstepper T 5.11c/d 7a 24 VIII 25 E4 6a
	Invisibilia T 5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Jengarete T 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Jet Crack T 5.8- 5b 16 VI- 14 VS 4c
	Kingdom Heritage T 5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a
	Krakatoa T 5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b
	Log Skidder T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Lost Nation's Finest T 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
	Meadowlark T 5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c
	Nyx T 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Out of the Blue (and into the Black) T 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
	Pet Badger T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Possum T 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Rainshadow S 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
	Shadow Spirit T 5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a
	SOHCAHTOA T 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Soliloquy T 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Some Say the Crux is the Hardest Part S 5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
	Soul Journey T 5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b
	Spice is Life, The T 5.11b/c 6c+ 23 VIII- 24 E4 6a
	Sway T 5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b
	Sweet Life T 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Threat Level Midnight T 5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b
	Traffic Jam T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Traffic Jam Extension T 5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c
	Unnamed Crack T 5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a
	Wild Black T 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b

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Type:	Trad, 2 pitches
FA:	Tim and Martha McLaughlin, June 2019
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Shared By:	Tim McLaughlin on Jul 10, 2019
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Description

I’ve eyed this arete since I first started climbing at Black Mountain. Life got busy with two young kids not long after I started climbing here, so I don’t make it back that often, but for my wife and my tenth anniversary my parents took the kids for three nights and we got to spend our second honeymoon climbing. Originally I imagined the arete being a continuation of the the alcove below it, but Dustin beat me to it and put up Log Skidder. The arete can be climbed as a variation of that start, but we cleaned along the edge of the face for a long, easy romp.

P1. Start as per “Unnamed 5.5 Crack” on the back side of Possum. At the top of the crack, cut up and left up slab, climbing a series of steps along the edge of the face, crossing Log Skidder and belaying from a two bolt anchor at the base of the arete. 5.5

P2. Step left from the belay up a series of steps past the first bolt (5.7) then back to the arete, climbing suprisingly positive holds on the right side, then finishing left through a beautiful, airy finish. Enjoy the view, fiddle with a small cam, then top out to a shared anchor with Log Skidder.