SUMMARY HAIKU
What the Fabulous
And a What the FEISTY plus
Romper Room's a blast
What the Fabulous
And a What the FEISTY plus
Romper Room's a blast
Romper Room
CLIMB: Romper Room (Trad, 5.7) (90')
WALL: Romper Room
PROTECTION: pro to 4"
BEGINNER LEAD: The left crack, sure, probably not the right
Conclusion WTF? What the FABULOUS!
WALL: Romper Room
PROTECTION: pro to 4"
BEGINNER LEAD: The left crack, sure, probably not the right
Conclusion WTF? What the FABULOUS!
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Wow! This climb receives high marks and it's well deserved. It is a What the Fabulous!
The main thing to know is that if you go straight up the flakey-looking finger crack, there are very few options for protection, and it's small gear. There is a crack to the left that takes a wide variety of gear, but it does pull you off the main line. It's an easier climb if you stick purely to the left crack. As you near the top, you end up merging/finishing the same way. If you want to protect left and climb right, you will need long slings. You can essentially do two climbs here - the left crack and the main flakey crack - both of which are wonderful and different from each other. Romper Room finishes at a bolted anchor. |
Stef on Romper Room
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Kindergarten Cop
CLIMB: Kindergarten Cop (Trad, 5.7+) (115' - a single 70m rope just barely reaches the rap - won't work for a 60m)
WALL: Romper Room
PROTECTION: Pro to 4", there are four bolts on the climb
BEGINNER LEAD: No
Conclusion WTF? What the FEISTY!
WALL: Romper Room
PROTECTION: Pro to 4", there are four bolts on the climb
BEGINNER LEAD: No
Conclusion WTF? What the FEISTY!
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This is a Todd Swain climb and is deserving of the plus. There is some feisty moves at the start, the roof is a bit in your face but really cool, and you have to make a committing move to get to the bolt above the roof. A little further up the climb goes onto some sandy slabby knobby/bally mildly crumbly stuff that is protected by 3 bolts that have some distance between them. There are a couple of moves that might get your heart pumping before you are able to clip a bolt. The bolts, which were originally home-made style hangars, were replaced in 2012. The anchor was also moved down and to a more visible location (so you can rap with a 70m and also not accidentally climb past the anchor - like used to commonly happen.)
The Kindergarten Cop rappel makes it just to the end of a 70m rope.
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Rick above the roof on Kindergarten Cop
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Climb Stats to Date
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DATE OF CLIMB: November 4, 2020
WALLS HIT: 2 (The other wall was at the First Creek Slabs rappel route Smiley Face) NUMBER OF 5.7 CLIMBS TODAY: 3 NUMBER OF 5.7 PITCHES TODAY: 3 (we strung a 2-pitch climb into 1 pitch) NUMBER OF FALLS: 0 NUMBER OF TAKES: 0 5.7 VERTICAL FEET CLIMBED TODAY: 405' DIRTY UNDERWEAR ENCOUNTERED TODAY: 0 TOTAL CLIMBS SO FAR: 149 TOTAL PITCHES SO FAR: 197 TOTAL 5.7 VERTICAL FEET ON THE TOUR SO FAR: 17,605' NUMBER OF CLIMBS REMAINING: 92 (out of 237) VERTICAL FEET REMAINING: 33,062' DIRTY UNDERWEAR ENCOUNTERED TO DATE: 5 |
FALLS SO FAR:
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