Routes : North America : United States : Washington : I-5 Corridor-North : Index Town Wall : Great Northern Slab : The Sickle (a.k.a. Blockbuster)

The Sickle (a.k.a. Blockbuster) - 5.6

Average Rating : 3.33 out of 5
Route sequence (left to right): 1
Route Summary | Ascent Notes (4)

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Gear to 2"

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Consensus Ratings
Difficulty	5.8
Safety Rating	G
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Description:

This route, and variations of it, are probably the most well traveled at Index. Start at "The Poor Tree" (it used to have a friend) fight the urge to hand traverse out the sickle crack that gives this route it's name. Instead make a balancy foot traverse to the vertical section and up to, and right, around instead of straight through (very expoesed feeling but easily protected), the busted block that gave the route it's original name and grade of 5.9, but recent guide books show the right hand variation (formerly known as the chicken variation) as the route, so rather than try to turn back time I will follow suit. From here many variations are possible but most go up and left to join Pisces above the 5.10a crack and on past the chains to the tree.

Submitted by: krustyklimber on 2002-02-28
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Route ID: 12809

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