Route Name: Hot if You’re Not:

Application Status: Approved

Application Cycle: 2012

Rock Formation: Der Zerkle

Number of lead bolts to be placed:

Number of anchor bolts to be placed:

Route Difficulty:5.11c

Route Diagrams:

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Proposed Route:

Description This is an existing (at present) three-bolt 5.11 face climb on the west face of Der Zerkle. The first bolt was removed by parties unknown some time in the late 1980s or early 1990s, leaving the 11c crux, a fifteen-foot boulder problem beginning off the ground, over a sloping landing with rocks and a retaining-wall timber, completely unprotected. As it stands, the current first bolt is approximately twenty-five feet off the ground.

Name Meaning:

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Existing Route Information

Existing Route Diagrams

A description of the approach (include approximate distance from the designated trail system, existing “social” or undesignated trails leading to the climb and condition of the trail, and state whether there is a durable surface, such as rock.

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If different from the approach, a description of the descent, (include approximate distance from the designated trail system, existing “social” or undesignated trails, a description of the trail condition and whether there is a durable surface, such as rock. Include photographs of the descent.):

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A description of the area at the base of the climb (include existing levels of soil compaction, existence of a durable surface such as rock, and existing soil erosion. Include photographs of the area at the base of the climb.):

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Has all reconnaissance work that can be reasonably done, short of placing any hardware, been done?

Base Area Photos

Has the route been top roped? Is there loose rock? Is it extremely overhanging?

While the current first bolt can be reached by an unprotected 5.8 traverse from the left along a flake, most climbers will likely be deterred by either of the current options: soloing the boulder problem; or doing the aforementioned 5.8 traverse, clipping the current first bolt, and lowering off to do the direct boulder problem (crux start) on toprope. The route is an existing route that has been led by the applicant with and without the missing first bolt and has been toproped by the applicant and hundreds of other climbers

Any additional notes:

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