By Ken Cangi From: Boulder, CO Oct 20, 2007 rating: 5.12
| I went up to do this route, today, and I broke this key handhold off. It was a very good hold, and it is now a bad sloper. The route felt like 12Aish with it, but it is solid 5.12 without it. I was up there with Matt Samet, and he was able to redpoint it without the hold. He seems to think it is probably 12b/c now. The third clip is much harder now.
Be very careful standing on the detached blocks at the first bolt. A basketball-size chunk broke off, when I stepped on it, and almost took out my belayer. Make sure that the belayer and rope pile are back far enough away from the wall in case the rest of this huge block goes. It is probably a hundred pounds, and could easily kill someone. It is not a matter of if, but when
Otherwise, this is a really good route. |