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Foolish Behavior - 5.9
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Rock
Nuts and/or cams up to 2 inches, 2 quickdraws, slong a big boulder at the top with your rope.
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Description:
FA: Terry Andrews, Duane Raleigh, Rick Thomas 1982. The most popular climb on Mount Scott. A classic. Put up using ground-up style on a very cold day by hand drilling awful 1/2 inch self-drilling bolts that were made for concrete and not granite! The old bolts have been replaced but you can still see them. I think it took me about 2 hours to drill each one. Climb a nice hand sized crack until it peters out. Then face climb up and left to get two bolts. Pause for reflection on what it felt like to stand and hammer there for two hours in below freeezing weather and then face climb straight up to the top!! Very exciting climb!
Submitted by: okieterry on 2004-07-06
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Route ID: 16843
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| Difficulty | 5.9 |
| Safety Rating | G |
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Top Rope ascent by:
top rope onsight
none
Added: 2009-10-25
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| Difficulty | 5.9 |
| Safety Rating | G |
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Onsight ascent by:
This climb simply rocks
Great little crack that makes you think the going is easy l the way up, that hit the slab with dime edges and foot holds that I still have no idea how how I didn't slip off of them. Deffinately worth doing and leading.
Added: 2009-10-14
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| Difficulty | 5.10b |
| Safety Rating | PG13 |
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Solo ascent by:
Couldn't finish with out aid.
I climbed it solo with a grigri. it was a tough climb to bag. The crack was SLOWLY liebacked while hangdogging left and right. Then the face climbing is at a minimum with few buckets. Stances were poor for soloing. I had to tie prusiks and ascend out from 15 foot above initial crack.
Added: 2009-06-05
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| Difficulty | 5.10a |
| Safety Rating | G |
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Not cleanly yet
I made it to the top, but I slipped enough to have the rope take a bit of my weight, so I am not going to consider that clean. I enjoyed the crack, which I climbed both in a lieback style and occasional hand jamming. Once past the crack, the beginning slab is not that tough til your finger options disappear. With creativity, you can find a way. Don't be affraid to think outside the box.
Added: 2009-05-23
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| Difficulty | 5.9 |
| Safety Rating | R |
Red Point ascent by:
finally
after taking a good whip on this several years ago, I hadn't "gotten around" to leading it again. Now that I've sent it, I can happily call it a classic. Definitely an awesome line, good variety: fun crack, nice mantle (I nearly blew it there, my mind was getting ahead of me to the slab crux above), definitely an exciting finish. Whew!
Added: 2009-02-23
