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Lead Us Not Into Temptation 

5.9

   

FA: Herb Laeger, Dennis Knuckles and Jan McCollum, January 1978
Type: Sport
Consensus: 5.9 [details]
Length: 1 pitch, 80 feet
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Submitted By: Chris Miller on Jul 6, 2002


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Located on the back (southwest) side of the North Astro Dome, this sunny route can be a good spot to escape the crowds and climb in warmth when the other side is too cold or crowded.

From the base of Figures On A Landscape circle right around the dome over rocky terrain until you can chimney/stem up a rocky gully to reach the base of this wall.

Near the left margin of the wall scramble to a ledge at the base of the route. From here six bolts lead past steep smears and edges to an anchor.

Nice climb in an out of the way location that is often overlooked because of a lengthy, rather involved approach.


Protection 

6 bolts to a bolted anchor/rap (3/8")



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Chris Parks follows 'Lead Us Not Into Temptation' (5.9) at Sunset. Photo by Tony Bubb, 1/04.

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By Tony Bubb
From: Boulder, CO
Jan 11, 2004
rating: 5.9

It's kinda funny- I REALLY liked this climb, but frequently don't care for others that otehrs rave about. The moves are just hard enough to make you think, and the bolts spaced just far enough to make you think abou the consequences of failing to do so without serious concern for an injury. I found this climb to be less of a treadmill than other J-tree face routes, although some might consider it's slightly wandering nature to be a detractor.

By Bo Johnston
May 13, 2004

I went to this side of the wall to check out the route for its 3 star rating. I enjoyed the climb but found it a bit loose and flakes that are only slightly attached in the begining moves. I found the crux to be the first 25 feet or so and the rest to be sustained. Not listed on the website are two other routes on the wall that we climbed. Deliver us from evil 5.8R on the far right was really quite good. The R rating is most noticable towards the top of the route but at easy 5.8 so worries. We then TRed Chute to Kill 5.10c just to its left. (Anchors at the top are just bolt hangers so you must decend via Lead us not Into Temptation) Great route, best we climbed on the wall. I found the crux to be in the middle (where the book says 10b), the start was great and well protected and not quite 10c. A bold lead that I'd like to come back to.