Home - Destinations - People - Partners - Forum - Photos - What's New
 ADVANCED
Tarot Wall
Show routes:
Select route...
Constant Gardener (aka the Pursuit of Fappiness), The 
Devil, The 
Earth Angel 
Fapanese Direct 
Fool, The 
Goat F***er 
Hanged Man, The 
Horse, The 
Lust 
Magician, The 
Tower, The 
Wheel of Fortune 

The Fool 

5.10d

   

FA: Richard Rossiter, Christine Damiano 2001
Type: Sport
Consensus: 5.10c [details]
Length: 1 pitch, 60 feet
Views: 344 page views

Submitted By: Ivan Rezucha on Oct 23, 2003


Add Photo  Add Comment 
You and this route  |  Other Opinions (10)
Your todo list:
Your stars:
Your rating: -none- [change]
Your ticklist: [add new tick]
 Printer Friendly View

Description 

The fourth bolted line from the left on Tarot Wall. Start just left of a low roof jutting out over the trail.

Climb into a left-facing corner (hard) and then left and into another left-facing corner (crux). Easier climbing leads up a narrow face using the arête on the left. At the last move I used a crack on the right.

10d seems about right by Boulder sport ratings. It took many up and downs before I figured out the move into the second corner. It's insecure, and there are several options.


Protection 

7 bolts to a 2-bolt anchor with rings.



Add Comment Comments on The Fool
Show which comments —
By Ron Olsen
Administrator
From: Boulder, CO
Oct 24, 2003
rating: 5.10c

Awkward climbing; my least favorite route on Tarot Wall.

The ledge at the start is very narrow with a steep drop-off; consider anchoring the belayer to the nearby tree.

By Michael Amato
Aug 1, 2005

Yeah, sort of awkward and grungy down low... some nicer moves up above, though still a bit grungy up there, too.

By Anonymous Coward
Aug 17, 2005

I thought this was a very enjoyable climb... somewhat similar to Wheel of Fortune (two climbs to the right), though with a slightly more bouldery start.

Agree with Ron that the belay area is very narrow. If the leader fails on the first clip, leader and belayer can both tumble down to the creek. Consider anchoring for sure.

By brentapgar
From: Boulder, CO
Jul 17, 2008

Two more routes have gone in and this is now the 6th bolted line from the left as you're looking at the second tier.
BA