Routes : North America : United States : Nevada : Red Rock Canyon : Willow Springs : Ragged Edges Cliff : Kemosabe (pg)
Kemosabe (pg) - 5.10a
Average Rating : 3.44 out of 5Route sequence (left to right): 1
Route Summary | Ascent Notes (14)
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Standard rack with extra small pieces (+ one bolt up high)
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Description:
Start to the left of the Ragged Edges block. You will see a large right leaning crack just above a big arc. This is your route. Thrilling!
Submitted by: holdplease2 on 2004-07-29
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Route ID: 18578
14 Ascents Recorded
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Difficulty | 5.10a |
Safety Rating | G |
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Onsight ascent by: dowww on 2013-03-07
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Kemosabe
Below average route, but good one to use in combination with the Graduate which is the best route at Willow Springs (wall above Ragged Edges wall). Definitely more of a 5.9. A few fun moves up a seam that ramps right. Then straight up some good edges. Tree above is slung for a rap vs walk off if you want. With Peter S.
Added: 2013-03-08
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Difficulty | 5.10a |
Safety Rating | G |
Top Rope ascent by: iklimbrocks on 2010-05-13
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Added: 2010-05-20
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Onsight ascent by: clemsonscooby on 2010-04-18
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Heady
Loved the head game
Added: 2010-04-22
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Difficulty | 5.10a |
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Top Rope ascent by: tahamsh on 2009-04-12
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TR - Fun
Fun and even a tad spicey as a TR. Wish I had the nerve to lead this.
Added: 2009-04-15
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Difficulty | 5.10a |
Safety Rating | PG13 |
Top Rope ascent by: mjwestla on 2009-03-24
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Kinda scary on TR
One of our group led Tonto and then set this as a TR. It was a fun and somewhat challenging climb even so, but also a bit tense. In some sense it's a lot of exposure for a top rope.
First it might help to explain what the route looks like - like it says in the description it's a big arc over a crack. I'd say more like a big curved shield of arched rock that slid off the mountain and left a 4 foot gap behind so that if you fall you stand a good chance of a pendulum swing that takes you over the edge and bouncing down onto the lower section. The protection/gear we set for directionals and to help offset this swing weren't quite enough to completely protect, so it is possible to get hurt a bit if you blow it. Plus the sections where you might pop off depend on good footwork on the potentially dodgy sandstone. I think I was a bit more frazzled than normal given how many tiny sandstone nubbins I'd busted off in the area already.
That said, it was indeed a thrilling climb. Probably a pretty heady and thin lead too!
First it might help to explain what the route looks like - like it says in the description it's a big arc over a crack. I'd say more like a big curved shield of arched rock that slid off the mountain and left a 4 foot gap behind so that if you fall you stand a good chance of a pendulum swing that takes you over the edge and bouncing down onto the lower section. The protection/gear we set for directionals and to help offset this swing weren't quite enough to completely protect, so it is possible to get hurt a bit if you blow it. Plus the sections where you might pop off depend on good footwork on the potentially dodgy sandstone. I think I was a bit more frazzled than normal given how many tiny sandstone nubbins I'd busted off in the area already.
That said, it was indeed a thrilling climb. Probably a pretty heady and thin lead too!
Added: 2009-03-26