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An El Malpais testpiece. (1) Begin with thin hands in a clean corner and move over a bulge (5.10+) continuing up the widening crack and passing a fixed pin to a final off-width and large ledge with bolt anchors. (2) Move up a thin fingers corner off the ledge to easier ground above. Finish on the Dakota arete up and to the left.Descent: See Surfin' the Turf for the location of the rap route. Can be done with a single 60m with some easy down-climbing at the bottom.
Location
About 500 ft south of the dead pine at the base of Surfin' the Turf. The Overdrive crack is on the SW face of a clean buttress.
Protection
Double 3/4" to 4" cams. medium stoppers, one 0.4, 0.5, and #5.
Routes in El Malpais
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