Pencil Necked Geek, West Cottage Dome 5.11a R

   
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Tuolumne Meadows, California USA

  • Currently 3.0/5
Avg time to climb route: 2-3 hours
Approach time: 20-30 minutes
Descent time: 20-30 minutes
Number of pitches: 3
Height of route: 160'
Overview
FA: Alan Roberts, Alan Bartlett, Dan McMillan, Tom Prentice, July 1980.

A tricky boulder problem start, protected only by a questionable old thin piton, leads to an excellent finger and hand crack in a steep groove. You can easily avoid the crux boulder problem by climbing the start of Geekin’ Hard (bouldery 5.10d, but with good pro), then stepping right. The second pitch steps left up wild, steep liebacking with poor pro (RPs, tricky 3-3.5”cam), leading to a burly hand traverse/mantel and a bolt. Make a tenuous step left onto a ramp, and another bolt (which protects the follower very well). You can climb up then straight left to a bolted belay, but it’s best to skip this and climb right past another bolt to a knobby thin crack which leads to the summit. If you use the intermediate belay, the traverse from the belay to the bolt is very intimidating, especially for the follower. Like the neighboring routes, expect a bit of lichen and grainy rock.
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Source: SuperTopo Guidebook Staff Last update: August 25, 2003
West Cottage Dome - Pencil Necked Geek 5.11a R - Tuolumne Meadows, California USA. Click to Enlarge
Pencil-Necked Geek is route C
Photo: Greg Barnes
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Cottage Cheese is route D
West Cottage Dome - Geekin' Hard 5.10d - Tuolumne Meadows, California USA. Click for details.
Geekin' Hard, 5.10d
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Geekin' Hard is just left of route C
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