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Rollerball - 5.10b

Average Rating = 4.00/5 Average Rating : 4.00 out of 5
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Route Summary | Ascent Notes (21)
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Pro to 2.5", 1 bolt, gear anchor
Consensus Ratings
  Difficulty 5.10b
  Safety Rating G
  Exposure 4.17/5
  Rock Quality 4.50/5
  Scenery 4.50/5
  Fun Factor 4.67/5

Description:

Up vertical face to a little ledge where the left-slanting thin crack starts, going past a bolt that replaced a fixed pin. Then straight up the face some more to the prominent high roof with a splitter crack. Set gear anchor, or leave a directional and step to climber's left to the bolted rap anchor atop Roller Coaster.

Descent Options:

Scramble across top to climber's left and rap from top of Roller Coaster.

Submitted by: baja_java on 2004-08-13
Last Modified: 2008-04-07
Views: 948
Route ID: 5122

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21 Ascents Recorded

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Ratings
  Difficulty 5.10b
  Safety Rating G
  Exposure
  Rock Quality
  Scenery
  Fun Factor
Second Second ascent by: bandidopeco on 2010-03-08 (View Climbing Log)

5 out of 5 stars Cleaning

Cleaned for my friend, although I expect I would have onsighted.

Added: 2010-03-10

Ratings
  Difficulty 5.10d
  Safety Rating G
  Exposure
  Rock Quality
  Scenery
  Fun Factor
Hang Dog Hang Dog ascent by: gregory_huey on 2009-02-28 (View Climbing Log)

4 out of 5 stars What? The roof isn't the crux?

I fell lots of times on this route trying to get the crux move - which, by way was not the roof as I thought it would be from the ground. I finally did, after lots of flailing, get the layback-smear move, it seemed _much_ harder than other 10c's I led at JT. I agree the bolt seems a bit akwardly placed - it seems one has to clip it from the middle of he crux move. If it were a bit lower or to the right one could clip it before starting the crux, which would indeed be nice. When I finally got to the roof it looked difficult, but in the end I pulled it on my first try - so I suppose its easier than it looks. The coolness of that roof made up for all the flailing I had to do at the crux to get there.

Added: 2009-03-02

Ratings
  Difficulty
  Safety Rating G
Onsight Onsight ascent by: snowey on 2009-01-24 (View Climbing Log)

4 out of 5 stars great route

Great route that was a bit stout for the grade. Crux was definitely switching cracks near the bolt.

Added: 2009-01-28

Ratings
  Difficulty
  Safety Rating G
Onsight Onsight ascent by: snoopy138 on 2009-01-18 (View Climbing Log)

4 out of 5 stars durp

gud rowt

Added: 2009-01-26

Ratings
  Difficulty
  Safety Rating G
Onsight Onsight ascent by: radioface on 2008-11-05 (View Climbing Log)

4 out of 5 stars nice roof

thin hands or good hands

Added: 2008-11-05

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