Pretty High For A Climb Guy
5.8 sport · 100 ft · 11 bolts · ★★☆☆
Route 1 of 17 from left to right on Southwest Wall, with Hanging Fifty on its right. Southwest Wall has 17 routes, from 5.7+ to 5.12b; 14 are harder, and 1 other is the same grade.
First ascent: Aaron “The Batman” Geistfeld, Julia Parrot and Katie Johnson
Description
A short offwidth crux can make this feel hard for the grade. Besides the crack section, this is fairly straight forward with fun exposure on the arete. Very well bolted.
Location
Furthest climb down the canyon. Right around the corner on the left wall and hard to miss because of the obvious large crack on the route.
Protection
11 bolts to mussy hook anchor. Unlike most routes at Classic Rock Wall, a 40M rope will not be long enough for this route!
Access
The 13-mile Scenic Drive requires a timed-entry reservation October to May and has seasonal gate hours. Calico Basin and Kraft Mountain sit outside the Scenic Drive and need no reservation.
Wet rock: Aztec sandstone loses much of its strength when wet. Do not climb for at least 24 to 48 hours after rain or snowmelt, or holds break off and routes are permanently damaged.
More routes on Southwest Wall
- Another Bolt in the Wall 5.11a/b
- Bolt Climb Rock and Fall 5.10b/c
- Climbing on a Prayer 5.10a
- Don’t Stop……Belaying 5.9
- Fight for Your Right (To Onsight) 5.12b
- Oops I Sent It Again 5.8+
- Routebusters! 5.10b
- Sends in Low Places 5.8
- Sweet Climb O' Mine 5.10c/d
- Truly Chossy Gri-gri 5.11-
- Un-break My Hold 5.10d
- Wannabe (my belayer) 5.8+
- Climbing on Broken Choss 5.10b
- Hanging Fifty 5.11b
- Pour Some Beta On Me 5.11b
- Cialis Cleft 5.7+