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Down By Law

This route is located in the Natural Bridge Region at Lady Slipper - Global Village

 Suede Bananas

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Casual Viewing 5.7 (Trad) ****

First Ascent: Porter Jarrard, Jeff Moll in 1992
Length: 70ft
Gear: (report bad anchors)

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This route ascends the flake in an obtuse dihedral 20 feet right of Down By Law.
Moves: Hands
Descent: Rap anchors
Stays Dry:
Owner: NFS
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4.44 stars (81 votes)
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5.7 (53 votes)

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Submitted by: ray
Date: Dec 18th, 2005

Submitted by: Jeff
Date: Dec 18th, 2005

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1
hamsco said on June 13th, 2003
Porter did this crack free solo for the FA.
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skeeterth0mps0n said on September 21st, 2004
Good climb and a 5.7 all the way to the top. It was harder than I thought it would be.
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AdventureBrandon said on October 30th, 2004
Sustained! 5.7 - If this is your limit, do it early in the day.
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MartyV said on May 23rd, 2005
Slightly sketchy pro to start. High class route, flows nice. Rests are there if you finds them.
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Paul3eb said on March 27th, 2006
i didn't think it was all that sustained.. but that's me. an incredibly fun route!
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jjhellstrom1 said on October 1st, 2007
awesome route! Good pro, good stances and fun the entire way!
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tunedvwgti said on November 5th, 2007
Great Climb and Nice Line! I got some Elvis leg pretty bad on this one. I can't remember one specific tricky spot, just sustained 5.7 the whole way up! I ran it out a bit at the top. I think I used my entire full cam set to protect this route. I would have had a really easy time with this one, but it took a bit out of me when placing pro, hence the elvis leg.
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Cleveland said on February 17th, 2008
This route is super fun, good climbing the whole way up.
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rjackson said on July 20th, 2008
Excellent. Very enjoyable even in the summer heat. Good stances to good placements. Took way more sizes of gear than I imagined, it's not your typical crack/flake.
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cliftongifford said on October 19th, 2008
Like everyone else said, solid 5.7 all the way up. Good rests, great beginner climb! Easier than the start of vision.
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Zookeeper said on November 30th, 2008
worth the hike to the end of the crag.
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The Sherpa said on June 23rd, 2009
One or the best 5.7's in the RRG. Takes gear well with lots of great stances.
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Buzz said on September 4th, 2009
Great route. The good gear placement makes for an excellent beginner trad route.
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gripster said on October 5th, 2009
This route takes much larger gear than it appears to from below. I left my doubles of #2 and #3 on the ground and I wished I hadn't!
15
pigsteak said on June 5th, 2013
very nice route..if more trad climbing in the Red was of this quality it might be worth buying my own rack...
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dustonian said on June 5th, 2013
There are tons of routes of this quality...
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dustonian said on June 5th, 2013
totally agree tho, this is a great route!
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monty4355 said on July 11th, 2016
Little snake in the crack about twenty feet up. Think it was a baby copper head but not sure. Pretty terrifying on lead.