If this is the route immediately to the right of Tava (and I believe that it is), then it is no longer a 5.9. We lead both Icarus and Tava, Tava may have been more sustained at the grade (5.10a) but Icarus has moves on the upper middle of the climb which are harder than the moves on Tava.
As we left the park there was a couple on Icarus who were having extreme trouble on the upper middle part of the climb, they thought it was a 5.9 and not the 10a/b that it is.
Don't get me wrong Icarus is a great climb and well worth doing, but it's just not a 5.9 anymore.
By Jake Carroll From: Colorado Springs May 30, 2009 rating: 5.10a
I agree this route definitely felt harder then the "5.9-" that it was listed as.
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