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Narrow Escape
Description
WARNING: This route is not for the beginner tradster looking to push the grades in that it involves some techy moves where if you fail may result in a ground fall. In the first 15 ft you'll gain a positive flake, I recommend getting your feet on this flake and placing at your waist to minimize the potential ground fall. The gear is small but solid but needs precision to make it so. Once you pull this off you'll be rewarded to a steep finger sized crack that eats up gear!
ROUTE: Start off climbing the flared hand and finger crack until you gain a very positive flake. From the flake work your way up on top of the ledge where you'll gain the yellow left leaning flake/finger crack. Follow the flake/finger crack (crux) up and through the water shoot to a hand crack finish.
Location
On the West side of West World walk uphill until you reach a ramp leading to the upper spires. The ramp can be easily identified the large tree at the start of the ramp. Narrow Escape can be easily identified by the obvious yellow flake that is on its own separate summit.
Protection
Small-Medium rack, small nuts Bolted Anchor
Routes in Grotto
- 1Narrow Escape5.10+Trad