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Sands of Iwo Jima 

5.11c/d

   

FA: Bob D'Antonio & Greg Hand 10/8/2007
New Route: Yes
Type: Sport
Consensus: 5.11d [details]
Length: 1 pitch, 50 feet
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Submitted By: Greg Hand on Oct 8, 2007


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Great tip laybacks lead to the third bolt.
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Description 

Exquisite position and movement. You will encounter laybacks, smears, crimps, palming, dynos, backsteps, flags, and an overhang. Quite a few moves packed into a short pitch 200 feet above the ground. Clip the first bolt by climbing near the anchors and reaching right. Then start climbing below the first bolt. This is so you do not fall directly onto the belay. There is one rest below the overhang.


Location 

Begin atop Flags of Our Fathers.


Protection 

6 bolts to a 2-bolt anchor.



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By david goldstein
Oct 13, 2007

Four star climbing, but 50' is a very generous estimate of its length. Crux is at the 3rd bolt, though there is not a single gimme move; its continuousness reminded me of High Test at Sport Park. The grade seemed tough for an onsight, but not too bad for a redpoint.

By Steve Levin
From: Boulder, CO
Oct 15, 2007

Hey, what's with the double bolts at the crux?

By Greg Hand
From: Golden, CO
Oct 15, 2007

Steve,

It was a hard move, and I don't think you should trust just one piece.

Edit (8/29/2008), just so everyone knows, there are not 2 bolts together. This is an inside joke between Steve and me concerning another thread.

By Clayton Laramie
From: Boulder, CO
Mar 1, 2008

Great route. The setting is awesome to start from the top of Bihedral Arete. Tough liebacking moves and hidden holds make it tough to onsight. Sweet route well worth doing.

CL

By Dave Pilot
From: Boulder, CO
May 15, 2008
rating: 5.11d

Beautiful! Exposed! Sequential. Hard. Wish it was twice as long. Do it!

By proto
From: Falmouth (MA) - Boulder (CO)
Oct 6, 2009
rating: 5.11d

Very nice even if it is also very short.
I agree, not an easy one to onsight although there is no very hard move.

By Kurt Ross
From: Denver, colorado
Oct 29, 2009

Very interesting movement. It's tougher than it looks...especially when it's raining.