Ascent Notes for: Ball Bearing - 5.10a Average Rating : 3.80/5

2nd pitch didn't look great. Nice 10a crack and face moves that take great pro from good stances before them. A very good 10a if 10a is pushing it for you on lead. Towards the top is a PERFECT BD .3 placement. Little sucker slid in that slot like it was made for it. Always nice to have a placement like that.

Onsite, super fun & smooth

sweet chilled oot lead. so solid feeling

This was my first 10 trad onsight. The wall is positively sloped, it has some nice places to rest & slot pro, a good thing for climbers like me that aren't the fastest at slotting pro. Its only now, reading description here that I realize there is a 2nd pitch to this route. The Vogel guidebook said nothing about it. Oh well, I'll hit up p2 on the next visit. I saw someone doing a direct variation on this route - instead of using the crack to the right for the middle segment, they went straight up over thin twin-cracks. Did it on toprope though - the variation looks hard to protect. They said it would be around a 10d. Anyway, this is a great route for people trying to break their trad-leading into 10s.

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Fun climb, good pro.

Led p1, p2. Nice crack on p1. Tricky slab/layback on p2.

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