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Dog Stick Ridge - 5.8
Average Rating : 4.00 out of 5Route sequence (left to right): 33
Route Summary | Ascent Notes (1)
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Rock (Trad)
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Description:
Link-up. From new purple Dick Williams book. P1 5.8 Start same as The Hounds, climb chimney to top of block, diagonal up right pass overhang to open book, follow finger crack. . . exit right to a nose, move up this & go right into Fat Stick's right facing corner. Step to the right to join Generation Gap. Move up face past a right-facing flake w/ crack alcove under roof. P2 5.6 Move up and traverse right under roof following great horizontal to the arete/nose, then up it to join Yellow Ridge straight up past overhangs to the top. 60ftDescent Options:
rap Fat City or walk off Millbrook Ridge trail
Submitted by: elizaclimb on 2009-07-15
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Route ID: 100864
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Difficulty | 5.8 |
Safety Rating | G |
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Second ascent by: elizaclimb on 2009-07-11
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Dog Stick Ridge
This climb gets three stars from Dick Williams and four from me. :) It's wildly exposed and has it all. Huge traverses under huge roofs and then the finish is on Yellow Ridge. Followed Eric up this climb.
Added: 2009-07-15