Deep Cut Guide

Cosmic Kite 5.13b

Sport

FA: bolted by Damon Johnston, FA: Christian Prellwitz

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  1. ← Ionic Breeze 5.10
  2. 2. Cosmic Kite
  3. Unforgiven 5.12- →

Position along the wall from the open catalogue (OpenBeta), not from a guidebook.

How did 5.13b feel?

Nobody has said yet.

Against the posted grade, which stays as its source states it. One answer per device; a later one replaces it.

Sun today
sun 07:30-16:40
Wall faces S (USGS elevation). Shade from the surrounding terrain is counted.
Deep terrain: the skyline averages 19° above horizontal, so the sun has to climb well clear of the rim before it reaches this wall.
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Rain & forecast
No recent weather for this crag.

Conditions reported

Nothing reported recently.

Report what you see

Reports are dated and fade on their own: wet rock after 3 days, a bad bolt after a year. No names, no text.

Access & safety

Emergency: call 911. Read out your location: Works without signal. If GPS fails, this crag's approximate map point is 38.27075 N, 108.72217 W (Cosmic Kite, Wall of The Ancients). That point can be off by hundreds of metres, so say so.

Access details for this crag haven't been checked yet.

Sources

OpenBeta

More beta: OpenBeta · Mountain Project · theCrag

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