Routes : North America : United States : Arizona : Central : Oak Creek Waterfall : Sword Area : Most Excellent
Most Excellent - 5.11d
Average Rating : 4.00 out of 5Route sequence (left to right): 1
Route Summary | Ascent Notes (1)
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small wires, .4-3.0
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Overhanging start to technical corners
Submitted by: bootyhead on 2003-03-08
Views: 578
Route ID: 33292
1 Ascent Recorded
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Difficulty | 5.11d |
Safety Rating | G |
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Onsight ascent by: A-Bowl on 2011-05-12
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Wild!
The start is some fun steep chunky stuff to roof where you don't quite trust the blocks... then you do anyway. Above that the rope pulls (very conveniently) into a constriction that wouldn't help you much for the upper stuff. So you come off belay and pull the rope up through all the lower stuff. Then the fun begins. Runout and wild! insecure moves above little gear. The finish is hard to read... improbable and scary but most exillerating. My cam that i placed 15ft above my last piece and after the crux popped out and slid down the line right as i was in reach of the chains.... all in all a good time. Not runnout if you can place micronuts in tense dynamic situations... maybe im exhaggerating or just procrastinating on getting back to work. Worthwhile route if you onsight 12s.
Added: 2011-05-13