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Beginner's Delight - 5.3 popular

Average Rating = 4.08/5 Average Rating : 4.08 out of 5
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Rock (Trad)
PG13
3
Standard Rack
255
Consensus Ratings
  Difficulty 5.3
  Safety Rating G
  Exposure 3.85/5
  Rock Quality 4.07/5
  Scenery 4.26/5
  Fun Factor 4.04/5

Description:

This is a fun route, it gets a bit trickey on the traverse. Climb a short easy pitch to a ledge at the base of a huge corner system with ceilings at the top. Pitch 2 climbs the corner system and traverses left(towards a pin in the face) to a right facing corner, which is followed to the GT ledge. Pitch 3 climb some corner systems past a few overhangs to the top.

Submitted by: interniq on 2006-10-23
Last Modified: 2007-02-17
Views: 4101
Route ID: 9879

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Ratings
  Difficulty 5.4
  Safety Rating G
  Exposure
  Rock Quality
  Scenery
  Fun Factor
Onsight Onsight ascent by: COPEr on 2013-10-01 (View Climbing Log)

4 out of 5 stars First Gunks lead

Did the harder version of pitch 1 which was pretty fun. Strung p1&2 together which was quite a stretch. P3 was wicked fun.

Added: 2013-11-01

Ratings
  Difficulty
  Safety Rating G
  Exposure
  Rock Quality
  Scenery
  Fun Factor
Onsight Onsight ascent by: Bulletproof2000 on 2012-10-06 (View Climbing Log)

3 out of 5 stars Rained off

1st pitch is un-memorable

Added: 2012-10-09

Ratings
  Difficulty
  Safety Rating G
  Exposure
  Rock Quality
  Scenery
  Fun Factor
Second Second ascent by: njrox on 2012-09-21 (View Climbing Log)

5 out of 5 stars Beginner's Delight

Pitches 1 and 2. The traverse was amazing.

Added: 2012-09-24

Ratings
  Difficulty 5.3
  Safety Rating G
  Exposure
  Rock Quality
  Scenery
  Fun Factor
Flash Flash ascent by: aliasptr on 2011-11-19 (View Climbing Log)

4 out of 5 stars Fun climb!

Very fun climb. It was one of my first traditional leads and I have good memories of it. I was aware of the traverse route finding and I still climbed about 10 ft. too far up! It was no problem down climbing though and I found the old pin and saw the, then obvious, ledge to go out to.

Added: 2012-08-10

Ratings
  Difficulty
  Safety Rating G
  Exposure
  Rock Quality
  Scenery
  Fun Factor
Onsight Onsight ascent by: gblauer on 2011-07-16 (View Climbing Log)

4 out of 5 stars tricky route finding

Followed by somewhat sparse gear on the traverse. That said, it's a delightful climb. Not sure I would put a Newb on it...

Added: 2011-07-16

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