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Subterranean Homesick Blues
Description
Great slab climbing on a nicely featured wall.
Pitch 1: 11b/c Climb up and over a small roof (gear) and make a weird move to the first bolt. Crank up a seam past several bolts with dicey moves. At the sixth bolt, make a hard move straight up, and then continue straight up (gear & bolts) the cool slab to a two-bolt anchor. 100 feet.
Crossing the river in high water was the crux for me.
Pitch 2: 5.12a Blonde on Blonde pitch: Bob D'Antonio & Ron Olsen: Crank up a flake and seam past two bolts, make a very hard slab move clipping and moving past the third bolt. Cool climbing past five more bolts leads to a two-bolt anchor.
Rap the route doing two-single rope rappels.
Great route that will only get better with a little more cleaning.
Location
Start about 100 feet right of Country Club Crack at a one-bolt anchor (to keep you and the belayer out of the river). Rap from two two-bolt anchors.
Protection
12 quickdraws plus gear to a purple (0.5) Camalot.
Routes in Castle Rock
- 59Subterranean Homesick Blues5.12-Sport · Trad