Route Name: Ollie

Application Status: Approved

Application Cycle: 2022

Rock Formation: The Goose Eggs

Number of lead bolts to be placed: 8

Number of anchor bolts to be placed: 2

Route Difficulty: 5.9

Route Diagrams:

Proposed Route:

This proposed route is 5.9 and one of the most obvious lines on the wall. It starts in the center of the S. face and follows amazing huecos straight up vertical rock. A short lower angle section is actually the crux of the climb where there are much smaller holds. At two-thirds height a bulge is encountered which leads up and left to the anchor.

Name Meaning:

The route name is sticking with the theme of the Gossie & Gertie series of children’s books. Ollie is another little gosling from the series and is also is my son’s name.

Existing Route Information

Four high quality routes have been top roped at this wall, 2 5.9s and 2 5.11s. This route starts in the middle of the wall about 20 left of Gossie. Gossie is the 5.11 that has been applied for, but not yet installed. Her partner Gertie is to the right of Gossie and is another 5.11 going up the arête that could be applied for in the future. With a few routes developed, this wall could become a wonderful destination for moderate sport climbers to spend a day. There are other routes in the Goose Eggs: The East Face of this Egg has a trad/scrambling route. There is one old sport climb in the CMC alcove called Rules and Regulations 5.11. The South Goose Egg has the routes Rude Welcome 5.11 (bolts), Power Bacon 5.10 (bolts), Fruity Pebbles 5.9 (bolts) and The Sea and Mirror 5.10 (bolts). Each egg also has easy East face trad routes. There will also be the newly approved Eggistential Crisis 5.12 installed after the raptor season.

Existing Route Diagrams

Approach Description:

Approach from the Fern Canyon trail. There is a climber trail leading to the existing routes on the S. side of the Southern Goose Egg. Leave the Fern trail here, but keep right skirting in front of the rocks. Head North for two hundred yards, then turn left and head up broken slabs into a corridor beneath the Northern Goose Egg.

Approach Photographs

Descent Description:

Descent from the climb is to lower back to the staging area and reverse the same trail as the approach.

Base Area Description:

The staging area is comprised of flat stable soil and some rocks.

Base Area Photographs

Reconnaissance Work:

All reconnaissance is complete.

Has the route been top roped? Is there loose rock? Is it extremely overhanging?

he route has been top roped. The rock is clean and of very high quality. The wall is generally vertical.

Any additional notes:

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Descent Photographs

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