HomeUSANorth Carolina1. Southern Mountains RegionLooking Glass RockSun Wall<Prey5.12d>The Odyssey5.11-Edit modeThe Legendary Nuclear Bomb5.11b RtradFA Jeep Gaskin, Monty Reagan, Whitney Heuerrman, 1986CREATED May 2023UPDATED May 2023Tick this climbDescriptionThe best water groove ever. With TCU's (which they didn't have on the first ascent) the route may or may not deserve a solid R rating depending on how brittle your bones are / how lucky you are, but for all the cruxes you are a above your pro making for commiting climbing. The final crux bulge is a potential ankle breaker due to the fall onto a 65 or 70 degree slab from a vertical bulge when your feet are about 6 feet above gear.P1: Climb steep groove past numerous horizontals to an easy roof, then climb groove past 3 bolts to a gear belay with hand sized cams in a horizontal (5.10d) - I found the crux of this pitch to be the hardest single move on the climbP2: Climb groove and then the face left of the groove past 3 bolts. After the 3rd bolt a small hybrid alien or probably a small TCU in a horizontal in the groove protects what used to have been a runout to the 2 bolt anchor. (5.11a)P3: Climb sustained laurel knob style stemming groove past 2 bolts until the terrain eases. continue up to a steep bulge protected by gear in a horizontal at the base. Though you are not especially far above your gear, this bulge might be the most dangerous part of the climb due to the slick rock and potential ankle breaking / ankle spraining fall. The bomb flake is no longer there. Continue up to 2 bolt anchor to the left atop which is part of prey (the route you rappel to get down) (5.11b)P4: continue up easy groove to top (5.8)LocationObvious steep water groove just left of the OdysseyProtectiondoubles of cams to #2, one #3 including hybrids if you have them. may want some tricams too though I don't recall any key placements that only take tricams. many of the horizontals take bomber nuts too.Routes in Sun Wall1The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test5.12c/dTrad · Sport2Psychedelic Delusions of The Digital Man5.9Trad · Aid3Predator5.12b/cTrad · Sport4Prey5.12dTrad5The Legendary Nuclear Bomb5.11bTrad 6The Odyssey5.11-Trad7Bouffant Curl5.10+Trad8Mainline Express5.12Trad9Labia5.11+Trad10Aerospace Cadet5.10dTrad11Le Pump5.11Trad · Sport12Out To Lunch5.10dTrad13Black Out5.10+Trad14Way Rad5.10dTrad15Two Legged Snake5.9Trad16Titties and Beer (aka "World's Hardest 5.8")5.10aTrad17Pat Ewing5.10Trad18Scotty Pippen5.10Trad19Nick Danger5.10Trad20Paco Bell5.10+Trad21Ruby Tuesday5.10Trad22Irish Jig5.10dTrad