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The "start" of the crag

This route is located in the Southern Region at The Bear's Den

 Low Hanging Fruit

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Tar Baby 5.9+ (Sport) ***

First Ascent: Mike Wheatley in 2013
Length: 40ft
Bolts: 6 (report bad bolts/anchors)

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[Gold Wall: first route] Leftmost route at Bear's Den and first one you will come to as approaching from Motherlode trail.
Moves: unknown
Descent: Bolted anchors
Stays Dry:
Owner: Private
Steepness:
runout (1) pile (1) pumpy (1) slopey (1) short (1)
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2.78 stars (46 votes)
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Submitted by: Raiden
Date: Nov 16th, 2015

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Andrew said on March 26th, 2013
Needs a lot of traffic, but should be good once it cleans up.
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DrRockso said on March 30th, 2013
Like Andrew said needs a lot of traffic to knock off all the little loose foot chips. May become slightly harder with time.
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Power2U said on April 22nd, 2013
Mediocre at best.
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dustonian said on April 3rd, 2014
Fun route!00
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Cromper said on March 3rd, 2015
Very good route now after a few years of traffic
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Rollo said on March 22nd, 2015
Reminded me of Ridin' the Short Buzz at Chica... both short and pumpy... and fun.