Climbing Area Index / Crag Y / AARP Challenge (5.8)
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| This climb follows a crack system descending just right of CENTURION's V-groove. |
Like other full-length routes on the Sunkist Wall, AARP CHALLENGE has a personality change in midlife.
Pitch 1: Start atop a small blocky pillar toward the left side of the main Sunkist Wall. A few feet higher, a fixed knifeblade protects awkward moves up left and over a roof. The clean face just above the roof is climbed at a very thin vertical crack that soon fades away. At a horizontal crack, move back right into a shallow jam crack that leads through another roof, and on up to a sloping ledge at the base of the V-groove (CENTURION) halfway up. Step right and climb a thin crack just right of the V-groove for about 20 feet, until the two crack systems merge. Continue more easily up the main crack to the top. 120', 5.9+
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| Standard Rack
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| rap the route |
| July 16,1987 - This pitch was first led by card-carrying senior citizen George Hurley, accompanied by Larry Hamilton |
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