So about a month ago I hung a rope. It was soooo hot and humid that day I barely made it out of there with out heat exhaustion. I came back twice to scrub it down and look it over. When I fist hung the rope I wasn't sure if it would go down to our talents -- it looked really hard. But the more I scrubbed and look at it, the more it seemed possible.
It's steep . Probably 15-20 degrees overhung. And the face is more or less blank, with a few intermittent knobbins. It starts out on a block-ledge. From there you enter a scrunched corner with a roof. A few awkward moves and a mediocre lock get out up and over to a jug. From there the locks and jams spread out. A long move gets you to a decent finger lock. A few more moves and the crack opens up to hands and fists. At the top of the fists it the crack dwindles to a seam, and the next jam is a long ways off. That's as far as a got.
It all seems possible, but hard to link. It's at least 5.11+, it might even be 5.12a? Here are some photos.
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that last one is wild. you should climb more. - peter
I know...maybe if I climbed more I wouldn't have to put pictures up of me falling, cause I'd just crush everything. Alas...work...
attack of the flying budha! looks sick... i'm back in tx and its hot
Haha, I like it. It does look like the attack of the flying buddha. I think we have ourselves a route name.
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