Bananarama

Diamondblade

Back Trail

Banana Hammock

Tall T

Banana In A Shotglass

Lives of the Cowboys

Dead Don't Dream

Rotten Bananas

Dream On

Spur

Banana Split

Long route up the left side of the formation. Bolt count is approximate - bring extra draws.

Strikingly aesthetic face climb up high quality rock. Cruxes are well protected, and the movement is quite fun. The holds are all there, just not always as big as you'd like them to be...

Good rock quality for the Alabama Hills with a move towards the top that will make aspiring 5.6 leaders pause.

Has a little bit of chess but overall has some good movement on good holds

Might be a little softer then 11a....maybe more like 10c

A recent addition to the Tall Wall, 'Tall T' was put up by Tim Standing in 2007. The route starts 10 feet right of 'Banana Split', by intially climbing somewhat loose flakes to the open slab above. Most find the crux in between bolts 3 and 4, as one makes delicate friction moves on "kitty litter".

Start up a ramp to lieback crack.  Follow bolts which transition to the face and bolted anchors.

Pitch 1: An awkward entry move establishes you in a chimney. After thrutching upward for a bit, step out onto the steep left wall and climb up until the angle eases. The belay is on the left.

Pitch 2: Continue up low angle slab to a steep wall. Climb this, moving up and right, to a lower angle slab. Follow this to the belay ledge.

Descent: two 25m rappels (from Mussy Hooks) return to the ground.

A bouldery start with fun body positioning pulls a bulge then climbs the face above.

Marty Lewis' guide calls this 10a, but I went ahead and upgraded it here to 10b since it looked like some holds may have broken off the start. In fact, I took a fun little whipper off the 1st bolt when a hold I was using came off in my hand.

Climb bolt-protected dihedral that follows the gear protected crack up left after the fourth bolt.

Follow the arete, then move left to the anchors.

To the right of "Bananarama", climb seams and face, passing a bolt, and the obvious wide crack. Move up and right from near the cracks top to anchors.

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Routes in The Tall Wall