Salsa for the Sole
5.12b YDS 7b French 26 Ewbanks VIII+ UIAA 26 ZA E5 6b British
Avg: 2 from 6 votes
Type: | Sport, 50 ft (15 m) |
FA: | Rick Thompson, 2000 |
Page Views: | 481 total · 9/month |
Shared By: | Ken Noyce on Sep 10, 2020 · Updates |
Admins: | Mike Snyder, Taylor Spiegelberg, Jake Dickerson |
Description
So, hopefully, this is the correct route, anybody feel free to correct me if I am wrong. The guidebook shows three routes to the left of Poposer Cowboy past the big rotten crack system with Salsa for the Sole being the first of these three routes. I looked and didn't see any route between this one and Poposer Cowboy, so I think what I am describing is Salsa for the Sole, but the photo in the guidebook for that route looks further right of what I am describing, hence my confusion. This route starts up an easy pocketed slab (a bit dirty with lots of sand in the pockets) until you get to a bulge where the real climbing starts. Surmount this bulge using some shallow 1 1/2 or 2 finger pockets to a nice clipping pocket below the steep headwall with a crack through it. The crux is getting through this crack, but don't expect crack climbing skills to help you too much. From the good pocket reach high to a sidepull/pinch/crimp then pull through to a chockstone in the crack that you can use to clip the next bolt. From there, The crack heads left, gets wider, and the difficulty eases up significantly to the anchors.
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