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Bat out of Hell - 5.11b
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Rock (Sport)
G
Bolts and a small camming unit to back up old pin; rings at top.
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Description:
Long, steep, first crux is above the old pin so back it up. This route sees little traffic and is rarely done successfully.
Submitted by: whipperman on 2007-11-19
Views: 217
Route ID: 74381
2 Ascents Recorded
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| Difficulty | 5.11b |
| Safety Rating | PG13 |
Top Rope ascent by:
Pretty tough
We top roped this; it's bolted and with some determination can be set up to prevent swinging into the tree. We clipped one of the roof bolts on rappel and that was enough to keep from hitting the tree. It was very useful to clip the intermediate pieces to keep the top-rope in tight.
All good until you start moving up from that piton... then the tough part kicks in. At least there is a full laydown rest right before the roof.
Quite a bold lead!
All good until you start moving up from that piton... then the tough part kicks in. At least there is a full laydown rest right before the roof.
Quite a bold lead!
Added: 2009-04-06
| Ratings | |
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| Difficulty | 5.8 |
| Safety Rating | G |
an a'peeling variation
Top-roped to the right of the real route, she peeled. I tried it too, and peeled right where she did. The bolt route should not be top-roped, for the tree you would swing into. The big stuff to the side gets you easily to a sloped slab at the small roof it fell from, with an obvious crack to pull--but the pull is way harder than getting to it, or above it. A lot of rigging trouble and hiking to fail at one move, is all I got. Others at least get to fail at the real route.
Added: 2007-12-10
