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Serpent - 5.10b
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tricams?
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Description:
Face with scant tricam placements between Calypso II and Snake
Submitted by: elvelasco on 2003-07-19
Views: 198
Route ID: 28303
8 Ascents Recorded
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| Difficulty | 5.8 |
| Safety Rating | R |
| Exposure |  |
| Rock Quality |  |
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Onsight ascent by:
two thin threaded tunnels...
Climbing the pocketed face directly left of Calypso III (and directly below/to the left of Calypso III's anchors) is maybe a 5.8 R. There are tunnels you can thread about 2/3rds of the way up, but they are not trustworthy for a fall. I don't know where the 5.10b rating comes from -- maybe the blanker section further left?
Added: 2009-04-06
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| Difficulty | |
| Safety Rating | G |
Top Rope ascent by:
This Seemed Hard
Weird, huh?
Added: 2008-04-16
| Ratings | |
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| Difficulty | 5.10a |
| Safety Rating | G |
| Exposure |  |
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Fun
Might give it a lead next time i'm in the area.
Added: 2008-03-19
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| Safety Rating | R |
| Exposure |  |
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ok, I fell on a slippery sandy spot... dang
best line seems straight up to the anchors, alleged pockets for tricams are all sandy and rounded, not sure how a tricam helps. this is almost X more than R. upper pocket area is very loose and sandy, not easy to find good feet when the rock is scrubbing away
Added: 2007-11-17
| Ratings | |
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| Difficulty | 5.10b |
| Safety Rating | PG13 |
Fun route with tricky crux
Route description is a little off. This route is between Snake and Calypso III (not II).
On TR it's perfectly safe (duh) but on lead? Pfft!
On TR it's perfectly safe (duh) but on lead? Pfft!
Added: 2007-05-02
