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All The Way 
Angle of the Dangle 
Assume the Position 
Beginning, The 
Birch Tree Crack 
Blow-up 
Chimney's End 
Condolences 
Congratulations 
Creation Crack 
D.L.F.A 
Dog, The 
Dyslexia 
End Of The End, The 
End, The 
Evelyn Bites The Crust 
F4 Ledges 
Flake Route 
Golden Ledges 
Hourglass 
Hourglass Direct 
Ironmongers 
Ironmongers Super Direct 
Lethe 
Lower Diagonal 
Modern Art 
Pedestal, The 
Pete's Lament 
Pine Box 
Rich and Famous 
Sometime Crack 
Sometime Direct 
Sometimes Left Side 
Sometimes Right 
Stretcher, The 
Sweatshop 
Upper Diagonal 
Welfare Line 
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Assume the Position 

5.12b

   
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Type: Trad, TR, 40 feet
Consensus: 5.12b [details]
FA: Old School
Submitted By: Trad Nanny on Apr 12, 2012

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Description 

Surprised this isn't added already. How many times have I walked past this? Probably 1000. Great moves with three distinct cruxs. End with the layback crux of Rich and Famous.


Location 

Just left of Congratulations. Traverse in from the left to get your hand into a pod and wind up for the first dead point crux. Then angle up and left into Rich and Famous.


Protection 

Some gear in the horizontals, ripe for a lead if it hasn't already.



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First crux.

BETA PHOTO: First crux.

Middle crux.

Middle crux.


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By Steve Sangdahl
From: eldo sprngs,co
Apr 12, 2012

First top roped by Ralph über Schimdt. Early 80,s. At least that's what I remember

By Trad Nanny
Apr 15, 2012

I tried to lead this yesterday. First piece is a solid green c3 in the first horizontal to protect the dead point. Serious decking potential while placing the next pieces in the next horizontal. There I got a #2 Ballnut and a #1 WC nut but the nut will fly out if pulled to the left or the right. To the right of the nut goes the BallNut but when I placed it ball up and took on it it started to slide, ball down looked better. Above that is another #2 ball nut in a bad upward horizontal position after doing the layback crux, not sure if it would take a fall but is probably ok to hang on, the climbing is much easier there however. Probably will be X rated.