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BugCON 4: almost too intense for climbing, DEET required
4 out of a possible 5
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Climbing Area Index / Cathedral Ledge / The Hobbit (5.13b /c PG (5.12aX))
Directions:  Start between Bongo Flake & Mines of Moria, (right where the boulder meets the cliff).
Description: Possibly the hardest trad route in New England with major committment!
    Pitch 1: Make a series of dynamic lunges to horizontals, over the roof & up the face past 2 bashies on right. Crux requires a green alien or an offset cam behind questionable flake. There is scary runout climbing above over second roof.
Gear: standard rack with small cams
Descent: rappel
History:  November 18,1999 - Peter Viato, Tim Kemple

 
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