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Bird Cage - 5.10b

Average Rating = 3.95/5 Average Rating : 3.95 out of 5
Route sequence (left to right): 53
Route Summary | Ascent Notes (25)
Freed by Barber
Rock (Trad)
G
2
G
Consensus Ratings
  Difficulty 5.10b
  Safety Rating G
  Exposure 3.50/5
  Rock Quality 4.08/5
  Scenery 3.45/5
  Fun Factor 4.00/5

Description:

Make fun stems up the obvious dihedral with good but small gear. Make a tricky traverse right 10-15 feet at the roof until under a small crack and a cleft in the overhang. Surmount the roof and continue up right to belay slings. Most folks only do p. 1 nowadays.

Descent Options:

Rap or continue up the obscure second pitch or (better) join Bird Land

Submitted by: jhwnewengland on 2007-04-17
Views: 459
Route ID: 31915

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Ratings
  Difficulty 5.10b
  Safety Rating G
  Exposure
  Rock Quality
  Scenery
  Fun Factor
Onsight Onsight ascent by: blueeyedclimber on 2009-09-20 (View Climbing Log)

5 out of 5 stars Super fun stemming to traversey move to roof.

Yup, that about covers it. This was a lot of fun. I thought the traverse was harder than the roof.

Added: 2009-09-23

Ratings
  Difficulty
  Safety Rating G
Onsight Onsight ascent by: chilik on 2000-07-06 (View Climbing Log)

5 out of 5 stars got stuck

the roof was hard.

Added: 2009-07-06

Ratings
  Difficulty 5.10b
  Safety Rating G
Onsight Onsight ascent by: clausti on 2009-05-23 (View Climbing Log)

4 out of 5 stars climbed this

yeah, don't clip the fixed wires with just a 'biner. why do i do these things to myself?

Added: 2009-05-25

Ratings
  Difficulty
  Safety Rating G
  Exposure
  Rock Quality
  Scenery
  Fun Factor
Second Second ascent by: local_guy on 2009-04-26 (View Climbing Log)

4 out of 5 stars strong

the stem corner is fun in the heat. the roof is muscle-y.

Added: 2009-04-27

Ratings
  Difficulty
  Safety Rating G
Hang Dog Hang Dog ascent by: multiades on 2009-04-23 (View Climbing Log)

4 out of 5 stars Bird Cage

Impressive route. I hung and cursed and wailed, but my partner eventually talked me through pulling the roof. I blatantly skipped a couple crux moves on the traverse which looked harder than the roof ended up being. This was mostly an end-of-the-day headgame for me.

Added: 2009-04-24

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