Gin and Tectonics

Legend has it that the Ruckman Bros felt this was one of the best desert lines they put up. I like all their routes but this one is special, on par with their other multi-pitch mega-classic, pistol whipped.

pitch 1: Widening right facing corner, fingers to hands with a ton of the latter. 5.11, 140 ft.

pitch 2: From the belay, traverse right to a drilled angle and the face-climbing crux of the route. Afterwards, negotiate a long pumpy right facing corner of all sizes and belay below the squeeze chimney. 5.11+, 140 ft.

pitch 3: Squeeze through the chimney and up the steep big hands finish to the top. 5.10, 120 ft.

On the sunny side of Long Canyon. Approach via the final break in the Chinle cliffs below the Wingate before the road bends right and begins the switchbacks up to Maverick buttress. This talus slog delivers you to a point slightly to the right of G and T. So walk left along the base of the cliff 5 minutes to a very striking off-width splitter that goes for 200ft. on the outside of a large pillar. G and T is the first right facing corner to the right of the offwidth. There is a plaque at the base of the climb, which begins off of a ledge, 60 ft. off the ground. Scramble onto the ledge on its right side.

Descend via the next route to the climbers right (about 15 ft. along the rim) which has much newer rappel rings than G and T.

A fairly large rack. Triples from tips to wide hands and singles of the bigger stuff including a #6 friend or camalot unless you are of the opinion that 5.10 squeeze is easier without a cam in the way. Also, the first pitch can swallow lots of #2 camalots, there is probably 60-80 ft of hands.