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5.11+

   

FA: Bob D'Antonio and Ron Olsen, 8/12/07
New Route: Yes
Type: Trad, Sport
Consensus: 5.11+ [details]
Length: 3 pitches, 200 feet
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Submitted By: Ron Olsen on Sep 21, 2007


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By Mark Ferguson
Sep 30, 2009

Bob/Ron, The 11+ rating on this must be a mistake. Not in anyone's wildest dreams would this route be 11+. I think 11- is a stretch even by Boulder Canyon standards. It is a decent route, but 10+ is a more honest rating. Consider other 11+'s in the Boulder area: Englishman's Home, La Boomerang, The Contest (I could list many others). Compared to these routes, this one is a walk in the park.

By Tony B
From: Boulder, CO
Sep 30, 2009
rating: 5.11+

That's really odd. I'm used to downgrading their routes a few letter grades, but I found this one particularly perplexing and insecure. I hung on it. So, both in my wildest dreams, and in reality, I nodded to the 11+ grade on it.
For what it's worth, I onsighted Le Boomerang and The Contest without much trouble, and recently onsighted or redpointed (without working them) up to 5.12 on other climbs with established consensus grades, but this one gave me a fit, and my partner had trouble, too.

Perhaps you unlocked a sequence that they, nor I, could find. In which case, good on you. Got beta?