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Ball Bearing - 5.10a

Average Rating = 4.00/5 Average Rating : 4.00 out of 5
Route sequence (left to right): 8
Route Summary | Ascent Notes (24)
Rock
to 1 1/2"(1rst pitch) to 4"(2nd pitch)
Consensus Ratings
  Difficulty 5.10a
  Safety Rating G
  Exposure 3.00/5
  Rock Quality 5.00/5
  Scenery 4.00/5
  Fun Factor 4.33/5

Description:

North Side. A great 2 pitch route. 1rst: good finger crack. 2nd: great little roof, and balancey lay-back, followed by a big ass flared fist crack. Yea !!! Can TR first pitch from bolts

Submitted by: johnr9q on 2006-04-23
Last Modified: 2007-02-22
Views: 423
Route ID: 5105

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Ratings
  Difficulty 5.10a
  Safety Rating G
Onsight Onsight ascent by: farmlivingisthelifeforme on 2009-10-24 (View Climbing Log)

5 out of 5 stars Did first pitch only

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.

Added: 2009-10-27

Ratings
  Difficulty 5.10a
  Safety Rating G
  Exposure
  Rock Quality
  Scenery
  Fun Factor
Onsight Onsight ascent by: wcm on 2009-06-29 (View Climbing Log)

4 out of 5 stars BB

Onsite, super fun & smooth

Added: 2009-06-29

Ratings
  Difficulty
  Safety Rating G
  Exposure
  Rock Quality
  Scenery
  Fun Factor
Onsight Onsight ascent by: booyradley on 2008-11-07 (View Climbing Log)

5 out of 5 stars awesome!

sweet chilled oot lead. so solid feeling

Added: 2008-12-21

Ratings
  Difficulty 5.10a
  Safety Rating G
  Exposure
  Rock Quality
  Scenery
  Fun Factor
Onsight Onsight ascent by: gregory_huey on 2008-10-20 (View Climbing Log)

4 out of 5 stars First 10 trad onsight

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.

Added: 2008-10-20

Ratings
  Difficulty
  Safety Rating G
Onsight Onsight ascent by: julianw on 2008-10-17 (View Climbing Log)

5 out of 5 stars asdf

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Added: 2008-10-17

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