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Ride the Coal Train

This route is located in the Lower Gorge Region at Purple Valley

 5.11 Jimmy and Spike Go Craggin'

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Into the Purple Valley 5.8 (Trad) ****

First Ascent: Martin Hackworth, Bill Wade in 1987
Length: 95ft
Gear: (report bad anchors)

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Walk 150 left of Spinning Marty around a corner and through some rhodos. Head back towards the wall and look for an obvious splitter with a small roof about twenty feet up. Scramble up the dirty start to the roof and take the handcrack to a ledge.
Excellent route. Nice view from the top.
Moves: Hands
Descent: Rap anchors
Stays Dry: Does not stay dry
Owner: NFS
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Submitted by: Roger
Date: Jun 2nd, 2012

Submitted by: cushman
Date: Dec 19th, 2005

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hamsco said on February 9th, 2003
What a great route- one of the best 5-8s in the Red
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tonybubb said on June 18th, 2003
I have to agree that this is a classic at it's grade!
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maxclimb11 said on November 10th, 2005
tis a wonderful route with everything on it
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Wolf said on August 1st, 2006
Great climb. Top it out, it's got the best view in the Red that I've seen yet!
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anticlmber said on October 7th, 2007
decent route. i don't think it's worth all the hype but a good climb.
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ruetut said on October 16th, 2007
20 feet of classic climbing squeezed between a lot of not so classic climbing.
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dbarless said on November 5th, 2007
Not the overall experience of Whiteout, but still one badass line for a 5.8
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pigsteak said on September 22nd, 2008
stellar
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Dman said on January 28th, 2009
alright but deffintly not classic or the best veiw for that matter
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cliftongifford said on March 25th, 2009
I thought it was a lot harder than 5.8...
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vooshniva said on April 27th, 2009
good fun route really cool topout
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pawilkes said on June 15th, 2009
the crack was a little bit greasy but the excitement came when I was fiddling in gear towards the end of the hand crack. weird screechy noises made me look around and notice the 8 bats in the crack above me. Luckily i could go around them easily. just be aware
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Roger said on June 2nd, 2012
The right anchor has no rap ring and the left one is a spinner. If you climb it next, throw a quick link on the right one as a favor to everybody else. I would have, but didn't have one.
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Cromper said on July 22nd, 2012
New quick links on the anchors today.
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Bloody Knees said on October 24th, 2012
Don't forget to look around when you get to the top... beautiful!
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Smiles said on October 18th, 2016
Nice line, takes gear well, you'll feel safe all the way. One anchor was spinning when we did it in Oct 2016. I left a cordelette wrapped round a tree above as a back up to the anchor (and one of my caribiners too). Take a wrench up with you and the anchor may tighten up.
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DrRockso said on October 18th, 2016
Likely too rusty to tighten, I would not attempt at this point, needs to be replaced at some point.
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Anonymous said on October 18th, 2016
booty call!!