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Bimathalon (aka Silver Slab)
Description
Excellent crack, face, and slab climbing. For the upper section, it's best to join Morticia, as the rock is cleaner and you can get off with a single 60m rope. The FA was a practice aid climb using aluminum dowels from a shelving bracket; it was later freed using this same hardware (yikes!). More recently this hardware was upgraded, but the original hardware is intact for you to admire.
P1 5.11a: Gain the handcrack and follow it to its top. Make a hard move up and right to dike, then face climb up to a fixed anchor. (Rappel possible from here.) 80'
P2 5.10a: Step left and climb a left-facing flake to its top. Follow bolts straight up forever to a tree island. 195'
If you join Morticia, you can rap 100' to the P1 anchor on Lurch, then to the ground.
Location
This is the obvious left-leaning handcrack that begins 6' up, located at the left end of the lowest point on the slab.
Protection
To 2", plus quickdraws.
Routes in Outback Slab
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