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Bloodletting

Name: Bloodletting
Rating: 3.6

5.11+ YDS 7a French 24 Ewbanks VIII UIAA 24 ZA E4 6a British

Routes in Reynolds Hill

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	[Redacted] T 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
	Bad Man with a Devil's Hand T 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Bang Crack T 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Bang Crack Traverse T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
	Barf Bucket Traverse T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
	Black Starr Chimney T,TR 5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a
	Bloodletting T 5.11+ 7a 24 VIII 24 E4 6a
	Climb and Punishment T 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
	Climbs of Passion Exit T 5.11b/c 6c+ 23 VIII- 24 E4 6a
	Coffee Grinder T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Connecticut Yankee T 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Cosmic Debris T 5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Crystal Reign T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Fat Man's Demise T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Fat Man’s Demise, Straight Up Variation T 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Finger Grinder T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Fist Crack aka High School Crush, The T V0+ 4+
	Forever War, The T 5.12- 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a R
	Glass Hummingbird, The T 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
	Glenda's Chimney T 5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a
	Horror Show T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Howling T 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
	Hug Jombo T 5.11a/b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
	Hung Like a Horse T 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
	I'd Rather Be In Philadelphia T 5.12 7b+ 27 VIII+ 26 E6 6b
	If a Gyps Decks in the Woods, Do They Make a Sound? AKA The Forest Boulder AKA Eeyore's Revenge T 5.7+ 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	K.P. T 5.9- 5c 17 VI 16 HVS 4c
	Klink T 5.10a/b 6a+ 19 VI+ 19 E2 5b
	Labyrinth T,TR 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Maiden T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
	Main Lane T 5.10- 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Matron T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Moor's Crossing T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	More Fun T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b PG13
	Peach Cobbler T V1 5
	Penis Dimension T 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Pooh Corner T 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Rag-tag T 5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Robert's Rectification T 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
	Serpentine T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Sky Line T V0- 4-
	Spatial Relations T 5.13- 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E7 6c R
	Temporary War aka The Short Battle, The T 5.8- 5b 16 VI- 14 VS 4c
	Time Quake T V4 6B
	Tombstone Crack T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Tumbleweed T 5.10a/b 6a+ 19 VI+ 19 E2 5b
	Unknown left of Maiden T,TR 5.7+ 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Vacillation Exit T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Vag of Honor T 5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b PG13
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Type:	Trad, 50 ft (15 m)
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Description

For those not familiar with the term, bloodletting was a technique used back in the old days to cleanse a sick person of bad blood. The patient's forearms were cut and the blood would flow, many times for a bit too long. If you get on this route, you will quickly realize the validity of the name. I am not completely sure that this is an FA and would love to hear some feedback. It is a sustained, overhanging #3 to #4 Camalot crack for the first 40', then you get to a pod and the crack arcs right and pinches down to very flared, thin hands and fingers. I know Vedauwoo very well and I have never heard of this or seen any pictures, but it is very worthy. I won't lie, the rock quality is good in the fist crack section, but once you hit the pod and the finger crack starts the rock becomes very grainy, sharp and crystally. I think with a few more ascents it will clean up a lot. One reason I believe it to be an FA is the amount of cleaning I did. This is a good hard Vedauwoo route that should get good with some action. Get on it and let me know what you think.

Location

This route is tough to find despite its vicinity to Reynolds. You can't see it until you are right under it. If you are at the climb and punishment area walk climber's right staying out of the rocks and on easy ground. You'll basically continue around the base of Reynolds until it becomes a lot of smaller flake/pinnacle formations. Walk around a cool feature with some flares and a big conglomerate band that makes a roof. Once you walk around the corner of this formation which is basically the end of the Reynolds jumble walk about 100 feet still keeping the rock immediately on your left and keep looking left. Go up a slot between two boulders with a dead tree on the ground on the left side and Bloodletting will be right in front of you. It is directly across the valley from muscle and fitness, and if you are at end of the road rocks and looking at Reynolds you'll see a right arcing crack low down, that's it. Bloodletting is a splitter up an overhanging tombstone looking rock.