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Entries Tagged as '5.6'

Takkakaw Falls, Again

August 7th, 2008 · 2 Comments

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Back to Takkakaw Falls with Olivia and Conan.

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Tags: 5.6 · British Columbia · Climbing Routes · Good Places · Movies · Yoho National Park

Takakkaw Falls Cave Climb

July 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

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Jeff and I explore the awesome Takakkaw Falls cave.

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Tags: 5.6 · British Columbia · Climbing Routes · Good Places · Movies

The Grack Center 5.6

October 20th, 2007 · No Comments

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Glacier Point Apron
The Grack Center 5.6
2 or 3 pitches
October 9th, 2007
R. Gmoser and O. Sofer
We took the route described in SuperTopo to get here and this seems to be the best option.  We met another couple who bushwhacked up from the hikers’ trail.  We also saw a trail heading down from the Goodrich Pinnacle area [...]

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Tags: 5.6 · Climbing Routes · Yosemite

Munginella 5.6

October 20th, 2007 · No Comments

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Five Open Books
Munginella 5.6
2 pitches
October 8th, 2007
R. Gmoser and O. Sofer
This can be done as a two pitch climb with a 60m rope.  The first pitch is varied 5.6 climbing, always with some type of crack system, but never a memorable splitter.  Set up the belay just above the bulge with a little splitter crack [...]

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Tags: 5.6 · Climbing Routes · Yosemite