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5.12a/b YDS 7b French 26 Ewbanks VIII+ UIAA 26 ZA E5 6a British
Avg: 4 from 1
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Routes in The Sentinel - West Face
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Butt Buttress, The S 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b |
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Centipede, The T 5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a PG13 |
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Chameleon, The T 5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b PG13 |
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Desert Song T 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c R |
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Flared Bear T 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b |
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Great White Buffalo T 5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a |
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Illusion Dweller T 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b |
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Medicine Man T 5.11a/b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c PG13 |
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New Latitude T 5.12a/b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6a |
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Not for Loan T 5.10b/c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b |
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Rubberfat Syndrome, The TR 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c |
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Some Like It Hot T 5.12c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b |
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Sweep Walkers T 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a |
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Where Eagles Dare T 5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a |
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Where Janitors Dare T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c |
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Worms in Your Brain T 5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a |
| Type: | Trad, 450 ft (136 m), 6 pitches |
| FA: | Bob Gaines and Dave Mayville, May 1998 |
| Page Views: | 451 total · 32/month |
| Shared By: | Bob Gaines on Nov 25, 2023 |
| Admins: | Greg Opland, Mike Morley, C Miller, Adam Stackhouse, Salamanizer Ski, Justin Johnsen, Vicki Schwantes, Gunkswest |
Access Issue: Climbing Regulations/Seasonal Raptor Closures
Details
1. Vegetation is not allowed to be used as an anchor.
2. Only neutral or rock colored bolt hangers are allowed.
For a complete list of climbing rules and closures visit:
nps.gov/jotr/planyourvisit/…
Description
This is a right to left girdle traverse of The Sentinel's huge West Face, offering a wide variety of face climbing challenges. In terms of pitches, this is the longest route at Joshua Tree, with exhilarating exposure, exciting for both the leader and follower.
Pitch 1: (5.11d) Climb Worms in Your Brain. 5 bolts to a bolt anchor.
Pitch 2: (5.10d) Traverse left on ledges that peter out, then climb up past a bolt (10d) to another flake/ledge. Keep traversing left, then where the ledge disappears face climb left (10-) over to Illusion Dweller and set up a hanging belay with gear just below the roof.
Pitch 3: (5.11b) Climb down about 15 feet, then make a tricky traverse left from the Illusion Dweller crack over to a bolt (11b). Continue left (10+) past another bolt (shared with Tarantula) to the bolt belay for Tarantula.
Pitch 4: (5.12a/b) Climb up past a bolt up into a thin seam (11+) then make a pumpy traverse left past two more bolts at a horizontal feature that fades into a blank wall. A thin, crimpy, steep slab traverse left (route crux; 12a/b) is required to gain a dish at the base of a vertical groove. Go up the groove past two more bolts (shared with The Scorpion), then dyno left (5.11-) to grab a flake. From the flake/ledge make a tricky face traverse left (10+) past a bolt over to the top of the crack of Desert Song, then hand traverse left on a horizontal crack to the bolted belay for Desert Song at a nice little ledge.
Pitch 5: (5.10b) Tiptoe left on a narrowing ledge, then where the ledge peters out, continue traversing left past three bolts to a bolted belay at a stance at the base of a dihedral (Where Eagles Dare pitch 2; 100-foot rap from here).
Pitch 6: (5.11a/b) Traverse left around the corner, then past a bolt to meet Medicine Man at its second bolt. At a third bolt climb up and left on a thin slab, then easier climbing leads to the top (gear anchor).
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