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Lurking Fear VI 5.9 C2F - A2+ popular
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Goes clean on traditional gear - if aiding, you'll need hooks and possibly heads.
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Description:
This route has been free climbed once. It goes at 5.13 or A2+ clean (no hammer) for much of the way, but most parties carry one in case any heads are missing. Not to mention you'll need it to clean your nuts used on aid. The haul up to Thanksgiving Ledge is absolutely atrocious, and surely one of the worst, if not the worst pitch you'll ever have to haul on El Cap. That particular pitch has a reputation for trashing haul lines, and would be an ideal place to use a "Far End Hauler" system. Lurking Fear is one of El Cap's five aid trade routes, the other four being The Shield, Mescalito, Tangerine Trip and Zodiac. It's a good first aid wall because it's fairly easy, not too long, and much less crowded than its most similar rival, Zodiac. You'll find some of El Cap's finest cracklines on Lurking Fear - laser-cut and pristine, straight out of the picture books. If you survive the approach, the climb'll feel like a "piece of piss".
Submitted by: dave5_10 on 2006-05-22
Views: 735
Route ID: 4499
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| Difficulty | 5.9 A2 |
| Safety Rating | G |
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Fun Adventure
Flawless cracks, good exposure, some good free climbing makes this route really fun. The second half doesn't compare to the quality that first part of it has to offer.
Bring a some wide gear.
Bring a some wide gear.
Added: 2009-10-11
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| Difficulty | A2 |
| Safety Rating | G |
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Onsight ascent by:
sick
nice easy climbing up the tall part of the wall
Added: 2008-10-21
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| Difficulty | A2+ |
| Safety Rating | G |
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Hell yes!
I love the exposure until the pitch 12 traverse! I would leave the portaledge at home. Bivy around pitch 11 on the ledge around the buttress, then bivy at thanx ledge or the summit. Great first wall!
Added: 2008-10-15
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| Safety Rating | G |
w/tb
failed at doing it in a day. slept in cave near top. humbling
Added: 2008-03-05
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| Difficulty | 5.9 A2 |
| Safety Rating | PG13 |
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fun times
I climbed this route with John Gleason.
Added: 2007-12-01
