http://www.rockclimbing.com/routes/rss/ North America/United States/North Carolina/Central en-us (C) 2005 5 Rating: 2 - Ok route mixing a few different types of moves. Not sure if the crux is the slightly tricky face mid-way up or the ugly beached whale move to exit right below the roof. Not super hard but awkward; probably more like a 5.8+ but might feel harder for newbies not used to dealing with some unusual moves. <BR> <BR>A bit tricky to TR because the swing factor can make it hard to get back on if you come off. I added a little gear below the roof for a directional but as I played with the length of sling I found it either added too much drag under the roof or was not enough to let someone recover if they fell off too low. Maybe a second piece lower? <BR> <BR>I now understand the name though; when you are just about to reach the roof and go right onto the big shelf, the sun is suddenly right there in your eyes - at least the time of day we were on it. <BR> <BR>Natural anchor (small tree + cams/nuts/etc). Would be useful to have a larger cam for an anchor piece (#4 or #5?) for the big crack at the top. <BR> http://www.rockclimbing.com/cgi-bin/routes/review.cgi?ID=73094 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 Rating: 5 - one hell of a good climb real short thow http://www.rockclimbing.com/cgi-bin/routes/review.cgi?ID=21506 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800