Slippery Slope Route

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" rowspan="2" width=210 BGCOLOR="#9999FF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="04076ba3.gif"> <div> Feedback on this route.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> Michael Armstrong has climbed Cronk, Gentry and Chavez' s route several times since it was reported . He e-mailed me to state "I believe the route has excellent climbing and applaud them for drilling from the ground up." However, Armstrong is concerned about the quality of the bolt placement.  Armstrong states "The location of the bolts and anchors is good but the bolts and bolt placements are of  poor quality.  So check the anchors carefully before relying upon them. Armstrong is hoping to work with Cronk, Gentry and Chavez to rebolt their excellent route.</div> <div> As always, remember that climbing is dangerous and you must be self sufficient when you climb.</div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#99CCFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="04176bc1egdyqn.gif"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" ><B>Idaho: A Climbing Guide</B></FONT><B>   |   </B><A HREF="index.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Idaho: A Climbing Guide"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="Slick%20Rock.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Slick Rock"><U>Slick Rock</U></A>   |   <B>Slippery Slope Route</B>   |   <A HREF="id167.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="MORE SLICK ROCK CLIMBER ROUTE INFORMATIO"><U>MORE SLICK ROCK CLIMBER ROUTE INFORMATION</U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=390 colspan=2 BGCOLOR="#99CCFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="04176ba3.gif"> <div> Slippery Slope Route.</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id167.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="MORE SLICK ROCK CLIMBER ROUTE INFORMATIO"><U><B>Click Here for more climber comments and route info for Slick Rock!</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> "The climb is just to the left of the regular classic crack route.  Due to the nature of the rock, we aptly named the route Slippery Slope. It's a combination of traditional and bolted protection where no cracks were present.  As far as we can tell, it's the longest bolted route in the state.  We placed all bolts on lead, with a hand drill and hammer.  It's 8 pitches of good slab/face climbing.  The route's overall rating would be Grade II, 5.9+ R.  Since we bolted it on lead, it is a bit run_out on some pitches, but it is solidly bolted on the more difficult sections and should be no problem for solid 5.10 leaders.  The route was put up during weekends from the ground up over the past couple summers by Jason Cronk, Bob Gentry, and Todd Chavez, all of Boise."</div> <bR> <div> Jason's topo is below.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="114f4b00.gif" border=0 width="500" height="688" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>