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Innersanctum - 5.9
Average Rating : 3.62 out of 5
Route sequence (left to right): 1
Route Summary | Ascent Notes (17)
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Description:
A very good line with varied climbing. Begin just down from Spook Book where a huge flake/boulder lays against the wall. Take the splitter straight up to an A-shaped roof. Exit left and up to a belay. This is the best pitch on the entire route. The remainder of the route is ok and goes pretty much straight up for two more pitches.
Submitted by: rmiller on 2002-06-05
Views: 1286
Route ID: 18301
17 Ascents Recorded
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| Safety Rating | G |
Onsight ascent by:
great climb
P1: not too runout with micronuts -- first one looked mediocre, second one looked bomber. right looked better than left from the seam, it worked out just fine.
P2: fun climbing up jugs and hand carck most of the way, weird & tricky finish to the pitch in the chimney to roof
P3: longer than it looks, a few tricky sections.
P2: fun climbing up jugs and hand carck most of the way, weird & tricky finish to the pitch in the chimney to roof
P3: longer than it looks, a few tricky sections.
Added: 2010-08-05
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| Difficulty | 5.9 |
| Safety Rating | R |
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Hang Dog ascent by:
Innersanctum
Beautiful climb, blew the slab above the roof w/ roughly <3hrs sleep, 2 TCU's blew out, took the longest whipper of my career. Renaming this climb to "Welcome to the Needles, Bitch".
Added: 2009-07-06
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| Difficulty | 5.9 |
| Safety Rating | PG13 |
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Second ascent by:
Good climbing
Fun route, my second climb ever done at the Needles. This route has a bit of everything.
It felt just a bit more difficult that The Howling @ 10a. Maybe I was just a bit tired.
I liked being able to look over my shoulders at the belay and see others on Thin Ice and Atlantis.
It felt just a bit more difficult that The Howling @ 10a. Maybe I was just a bit tired.
I liked being able to look over my shoulders at the belay and see others on Thin Ice and Atlantis.
Added: 2008-10-20
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| Safety Rating | R |
Beware of runout on first pitch
Great hands on the first pitch that gets thin in places. The face after the roof is quite runout...about 25 feet. Not a beginner's lead!!!
Added: 2008-06-03
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| Difficulty | 5.9 |
| Safety Rating | G |
:)
fun climbing. big jugs and a couple of roofs to pull on the 2nd pitch.
Added: 2007-07-19
