Starts with a bolt right next to a tree halfway up the hill.  Moves up lots of bad loose rock on sparse bolts, turns into a slab after the 8th bolt.  Distinct crux between bolt 5 and 6.  WEAR A HELMET, I and my partner both dislodged lots of rock on this one, each of us taking down chunks the size of softballs on lead.

Will it Stay or Will it go

Nine Line

Slabtastic

There Will Be Blood

Fear-Virgin crossover

Fear Factor Direct

Virgin Suicides

Like A Slabby Virgin

Ghetto Palm

The Enso

Uwe comes to America

Cerca del Paraiso (second Pitch)

Pennsyltucky

High Steppin'

Bulge Aria

Cerca del Paraiso (first pitch)

The sign at Giant Wall shows this starting at the second horizontal log on the uphill trail. Up a pitch of slabs to an anchor.

A long route, use a 70m rope for one pitch, or a 60m rope for two. A variety of wall angles are found on this route, starting with a face climb and ending with low angle slabs. You will get to experience knocking rocks loose onto every angle. 

  The belay station is thoughtfully placed out of the line of rockfall for both this route the one to its right (downhill) side. But learn from my novice mistake, and don't put your belayer here while someone is climbing the route to the left/uphill side (Will It Stay or Will It Go?).

Up a pitch of slabs to an anchor, then drink your milkshake.

The topo says to start at Fear-Refactored (second bolt line off the ground) or Smear Factor (Third Bolt line off the ground).  Topo says 5.9+, but we felt the start off of Smear Factor made it 5.10+, can't comment about the other start. 

  The main part of the climb moves up a small right facing corner that diagonals right past 6 or so bolts. 

  If starting from Fear, move up and left into the brushy alcove, traverse left thru it to join up the corner.  I haven't tried this start so i can't comment on the difficulty. 

  If starting from Smear, head straight up directly next to and partly on the seeping moss covered face, make some balancy moves at the second bolt (crux) clipping 3-4 bolts, then move right to join the inside corner.  Runners, skipping, or back-cleaning are recommended for the 4th and 5th bolt. 

  Second pitch is much easier, maybe 5.6? It continues up to the anchor for the second pitch of Virgin Suicides.  There is alot of loose and dirty rock on this pitch, I had a few holds rip-out, take care not to kill anyone below on Virgin Suicides.

Beware of lots of loose rock as is typical on this whole wall. Overcoming the roof is a bit of a mental crux, knowing how common choss is here. head up up to anchors shared with Fear Re-Factored. #92 in guidebook.

This delicate slab climb doesn't require much strength, but instead asks for and rewards precise footwork. The crux comes 2/3rds of the way up pitches 1, past bolt 6.

 Master this climb and you'll be ready for inscrutable slabs anywhere. Yosemite and NH await.

 While technically 2 pitches in length, the second pitch is so short that it is a bit unsatisfying.

 Given how this may be many Philadelphia area climbers first multipitch, you should know that the belays are not at good ledges (semi-hanging belay at both anchors), and you should know the fundamentals of multipitch rope management and anchoring.

 Enjoyable in late fall, winter and early spring. Probably to hot in summer.

Ghetto Palm felt pretty tame compared to Bulge Aria, the crux was one move above the first bolt involving a big reach to a crimp and pulling up on it, the rest of the pitch was pretty tame.

Make your way up the blocky looking slab. bring a runner for the fourth clip or you can run it out if your feeling brave. You'll then reach a small roof, this is the crux. Once you pull the roof you'll eventually come to a small traverse over the top of a roof toward an arête. You can use the arête or make your way up the face to the anchors. This climb is one of the longest pitches at Birdsboro and will challenge you slab endurance, i.e. your toes.

climb up the dirty alpine stylish ramp to a small ledge with 2 trees and an anchor. For the second pitch, begin climbing up the face until you get to a fin like feature. you can either work your way around it or climb up through it like a chimney. you are now in the fun spot. work your way up a corner crack(varying in size from #3-#5 Camalot) about 20 feet in length. when the corner ends  make your way to the anchor making delicate moves.

Pull 2 mini roofs and then one more bolt to the anchors. Enjoy the view. You can link this into 1 pitch if you have a 70 meter rope.   WARNING: I would advise that experienced climbers only attempt the second pitch; if you do not clip the second bolt you will likely deck out on the slab.

I thought it to be the best line at the Giant Wall, follows solid bolts reasonably spaced to chain anchors at the top of the wall. 

  A cool move off a fixed cable (easily protected) leads to thin and thoughtful face moves.  

  Belay is not so optimal, you want the belayer below the first bolt but there's a significant slope - until a ledge is chopped it may be best to rig a semi-hanging belay off the fixed cable.

As the name implies, high step your way up the slab, many, many high steps and hand foot matches get you to an overlap, where you pull through a vertical section and then climb the last bit of slab.

This felt pretty hard for 5.9+, maybe I did it wrong, but the crux came after the 2nd bolt and involved some balancy moves on small features to move through a bulge. The rest of the climb was pretty mellow.

Delicate slab climbing. the crux is just below the anchors. This is a newly developed wall so there is still loose rock. A helmet is recommended for this climb.

The Giant Wall is the tallest in Birdsboro Quarry. The handful of two pitch climbs here are two real pitches, you need to do two raps if you do both.

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