NEW ROUTES & UPDATES
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NEW ROUTES:
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Submitted by: Aric Fishman
Route Location: Silver Harbour (First Impressions Wall)
Style: TR (will be mixed)
Route Name: Triple Action
Grade: 5.10c/d
Route Description: Directly to the left of ‘Record Body Count’ is an interesting new line that has now been cleaned and climbed on TR but needs to still be equipped with some bolts for the lead. Climb up the blocks on the right side of the prominent ledge system. Get up on the ledge and then get into the awesome crack on the right face. This crack quickly gets cruxy at its top, so utilize the face crimp on the right and small feet to help gain the pinchy layback feature when the crack runs out. Bust out right to the flat jugs on the arete to the right. A couple moves on good holds gets you to the crux. Move out left from the arete to gain the crack when it opens back up, and then continue up to the top. Currently this line uses the 2 bolt anchor of ‘Record Body Count’, but it will get its own anchor on the face when it’s finished being equipped and ready to lead.
F.A: Aric Fishman, May 17th, 2023
F.F.A:
Gear: Needs some bolts still, and gear to #2.
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Submitted by: Aric Fishman
Route Location: Silver Harbour (Wild West Wall)
Style: Trad
Route Name: Read Between The Lines
Grade: 5.10c/d
Route Description: A bit of a spicy new route between ‘Tan Lines’ and ‘Stretch To The Moon’. Climb the obvious crack system that starts in an open book corner. Still a bit dirty and some looseness inside the wide section after the super thin crack, but will clean up nicely. Start by climbing up the open book (feel free to reach around to the nice pinch/crack around the right side) until you can get established in the wide crack above. Instead of placing small gear in the flake found inside the next wide section, place some wide pro instead since the flake is kinda loose…will clean it better soon. The right wall for the feet is not necessarily out of bounds for the second half of the route, but try to stick to the crack system for a greater challenge. Continue up to the hand crack and bust out some cruxy moves using thin holds on the outside of the crack. Get into the fist crack and either jam or layback your way into the fingers section above. Some more cruxy moves to get to the top with a fresh 2 bolt rappel anchor on the face.
F.A: Aric Fishman (TR Rope Solo), May 15th, 2023
F.F.A: Aric Fishman (Lead Rope Solo), May 15th, 2023
Gear: Gear to #6
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Submitted by: Brent Clark
Route Location: Claghorn Long Wall (right)
Style: Mixed
Route Name: ManBearPig
Grade: 5.10-
Route Description: Route begins 3m left of General Anesthesia. Start up with big pulls on good holds moving towards the first bolt. There is a block beneath the first bolt, it moves but it does not come out. Transition out left and continue up a mix of face/crack to a small roof. Commit to the burly handcrack on poor feet to get established in the vertical crack. Continue up to the hand/fist crack anchor enjoying positive face holds and a kneebar no hand rest, if you can find it. The FFA was done without the first bolt in place due to a hardware issue. Rappel the route, or continue up the second short pitch to top out (Well worth it!)
F.A: Brent Clark, 2021
F.F.A: Brent Clark, May 14, 2023
Gear: 0.1-#4, doubles 0.4-#1
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UPDATES:
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Submitted by: Aric Fishman
Route Location: Silver Harbour (First Impressions Wall)
Route Name: ‘Iron First’ & ‘Will Power’
Description of Update: New rappel anchor added, now making these routes have a 2 bolt rappel anchor instead of the 1 bolt rappel anchor + tree.
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Submitted by: Aric Fishman
Route Location: Pass Lake (Long Wall)
Route Name: ‘Flake and Bake’
Description of Update: 2 bolts added, 9 bolts total.
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