Quinn Stevens rests before working his way up the ...
Description
This route is about 40 yards west of Deck Chairs on the Titanic. Look for the strange and obvious bird hole in the middle of a clean face. Start up the left edge of said clean face, then follow the bolts up and to the right.
Protection
6 bolts to a 2 chain anchor. TR access is only if someone climbs it, or it you set up an anchor up top and rappell off.
If you're looking for your first 5.12 redpoint, this is definitely the route for it. It's only got maybe 2 moves of difficult climbing (extend the the draw on that last bolt if you have trouble clipping it) and would probably rate about 11b or c at old-school areas like Shelf. Probably my favorite climb at Table.
By Jason Haas From: Westminster, CO Mar 7, 2006 rating: 5.11d
Incredibly soft, but a fun line, especially for Table Mountain where you can usually step out to a ledge for a no hands rest.
By Bill Ballace From: Wheat Ridge , CO Oct 28, 2007 rating: 5.11a/b
Another sustained fifty feet of the headwall and this would be one of the best 5.11c's in the Front Range, maybe even as good as Lost Planet Airman or Taping Tendons. By comparison, many find "Bullet The Brown Cloud, .11a/b, at Brown Cloud" to be significantly more difficult. This route is definitely worth doing if you are already here or if you are looking to break into 5.11 errrr I mean 5.12.
First Ascent, March 1990, Chip Chace and Pat Adams.
I took advantage of some snowy "new-route weather" to find, clean, and bolt Mrs Hen. I was using Guy Lords' drill. Guy named this route and several others we did, like Mr. Squirrel. We certainly never claimed this area to be as good as Shelf Road, just warm and close.
Anyway, the sun finally came out and I arrived just in time to watch Chip flash the route. I asked Pat and Chip how hard they thought it was. They hesitated to give a number grade, perhaps sensing that I'd be disappointed. I knew that day that Hen was only an eleven, but a hard one.
Overhang Area
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