Hanging Judge escapes left from the route Great Escape. Clips two of the same bolts before heading into a long left reach to jugs and fun thuggy moves pulling over the lip. A nice taste of Justice. Good rock, moves, a bit longer than Officer Friendly, but still a short route.
Protection
5 bolts, one fixed, and fixed lowering biners above the lip. One of the lowering biners has a sticky gate.
By Aron Quiter Administrator From: Berkeley, CA Jul 5, 2002
One of the most fun pumpy routes I've ever done. Crux is a balancy lieback motion in a very exposed part of the route. If your fingers aren't too strong, dynoing will be your only option, but it's worth it! Cleaning this route is a major pain in the ass, and toproping offers only one shot at the route, which is good.
[This route is really fun. Cleaning it sucks ass, but it is still worth trying. If you don't lead it take the swing. It is pretty cool. I only found one hard move on this route and it is the dyno to a good jug. Not as hard as Officer Friendly but a great route nonetheless. Take your girlfriend. She will enjoy the swing.]
By Kai Huang From: Thornton, CO Aug 22, 2008 rating: 5.11c
Has anyone done it without going into the hold for lieback? The way I did it, go straight up from 4th bolt, left to the crimp, high right foot, and high right to the middle crimp between the jugs. Then pop left into jug. It feels a little smoother and more direct. Just wondering if anyone does it that way and what you would grade it. Thanks.
Beware of any fixed draws on this, especially the last one (just at the lip)! I replaced a couple of dogbones, as they were worn almost all the way through! They should be replaced with chains, though.
By Jay van Sam From: Denver CO Oct 21, 2009 rating: 5.11-
Finally climbed this one, wow! awesome route! I can't describe how much fun i had on this one. Seems as if someone replaced the fixed draws as well, they all seemed brand new and in great condition. Thanks to whoever put in the time and money to equip this; it's greatly appreciated.
I pulled some broken rocks out from behind one of the holds, which consequently made it much bigger/better. I didn't intend to change the route, but this hold is definitely better now that you can get your fingers in there. The entire hold seems to only have so much time left before the whole things blows out as well.
Highly recommended route, even if your there for some of the stiffer climbs. A must do.
Caution! The crux hold is broken and about to blow! It's still there, but cracked, and hanging on it will bring down a huge block! I discovered the break on 10/24 while climbing and almost killed my belayer. Sorry that I wasn't able to mark it. Don't use! This is sad news. It ruins an awesome sequence. I'd be interested to hear from anyone who can climb the route without the hold, regarding the (new) grade. It was broken when I got there, I swear; I'm a small guy.
The hold is gone. It came off when I was climbing on Tudesday on a cold, wet morning. I didn't think anything about it, and when I just skimmed it, the hold went sailing. If it didn't break off then the wind would have blown it off soon after. My partner did the climb after and spent a little time cleaning the new hold. It turned out to be a much more solid/sharp gaston. Give it a try.