Wooden Hammer, 5.8+

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Wooden Hammer, 5.8+

Wooden Hammer, 5.8+

  • Wooden Hammer – 3 Pitches- 5.8/
    •  A dirty route that rarely gets climbed. Some real precarious varnish you must rely on to pull yourself out of two separate chimneys that are fractured. Horned owls use the upper chimney as their dining room, tons of skeletal remains of rodents, etc. The first pitch starts out with two bolts and then the rest of the route is trad. There are two distinct chimneys, make your way through the first one by protecting really deep with large gear and then having to come out onto suspect holds to reach the next chimney. The 2nd chimney is a squeeze play up to suspect holds again to pull yourself up and over onto easier ground. The third pitch can be combined with this second pitch. Once you top out, you can traverse west to a set of chains, about 15 meters. There will be another set of chains half way down on top of an arch. May, 2007, Prophesy Wall
    Dow Williams
    on May 15, 2007 4:12 pm
    Image Type(s): Rock Climbing
    Image ID: 293446

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    lisae

    lisae - May 15, 2007 5:03 pm - Voted 10/10

    Owls dining room?

    You make this route sound so not appealing. No wonder it is rarely climbed....

    Dow Williams

    Dow Williams - May 15, 2007 5:14 pm - Hasn't voted

    Re: Owls dining room?

    the owl part cool, the crappy rock not so, won't catch me doing it again, fun, just not loving the pieces of varnish you have to rely on..cheers (I collect failed varnish I fall on and keep it in my gear room to remind me of its precarious nature...)_

    lisae

    lisae - May 15, 2007 5:58 pm - Voted 10/10

    Funny

    I've never had any varnish fail or break off; I obviously don't climb in the desert enough. However, climbing at the Pinnacles has made me pretty cautious. You can tell someone who climbs at the pinnacles because they test each hold, foot & hand.

    Running into a bunch of bones just sounds creepy though...

    Dow Williams

    Dow Williams - May 15, 2007 9:31 pm - Hasn't voted

    Re: Funny

    Most Californians I climb with are not overly impressed with our "sandstone specials", but since I do most of my climbing in the Canadian Rockies, I kind of feel at home....kocking on hollow rock and then climbing on it anyway is kind of 2nd nature...like anywhere though, if you are doing "popular" routes, they should be clean...cheers.

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