Deck Chairs on the Titanic 

All these popular routes at Table seem to be getting slightly harder due to the holds being quite polished and greasy. The whole climb (with or w/out the direct start) seems more like 10a now.

Definitely 10a, and by Mesa Norte standards, at least 10b (cf. Brown Cloud Arete, its neighbor and a 10b - this climb is definitely as hard, and more sustained). Probably solid 9 in Eldo, though.

Climbed this route 5-15-02 on top rope. Both bolts were spinners, now somebody added a third spinner. If people are going to try and fix these bolts, you need to know what your doing!!!

Maybe 3 stars if the universe was limited to just Table Mtn, but still merits 2 stars when compared to similar sport routes

The crux comes quickly. Some nice bouldering moves just off the ground.Leave your stick clip at home. Get a spot from your partner and go for it.Some very nice edging towards the top. Solid 9+. Once you've lead it, it's "10a" rating is a little steep.

I bolted this in 1991 and a couple of times after. There are three winch-hooks at the anchor now. Just clip in and lower off. If the hooks seem worn, Home Depot has them for $5 each. There is more about these hooks on the intro page for Overhang Area.

I rated it ten because the dyno at the first bolt stops people who are never stymied by nines. Mike Sheehan led this on natural gear. The word is the thin moves at the top feel hairy-plus.

Guy Lords, Ric Leitner, and Brian Hansen may have been in on the actual FA climbing too. The route name came from Ron Olevsky. He was the first climber I had heard say that worrying about the environmental impact of bolts on Earth's cliffs was as ridiculous as worrying about rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic. Looking at the industrial scenery just below, knowing how geeked the Shermanite crusaders would get about the bolts, it seemed like a fitting name. (Deck Chairs has had the bolts vandalized twice.)

Just climbed it tonight on TR and plan on going back for a lead very soon. This is a great climb, but if you follow the same path I did and which seems to be the standard from what I've seen others do (traverse right at the big horizontal crack about 20 feet up, then trend left all the way to the top), you'll find good holds and feet the whole way. So I'd say it's a 9. A really great climb though. I give it 3 stars. I'm relatively new to sport climbing, but c'mon, this is deck chairs! You can't discourage people from climbing it by giving it 2 stars!

I've climbed Deck Chairs a number of times, and it's clearly one of the best of its grade at this crag. It's fairly sustained and a little bit pumpy by Table standards, but it's certainly worth doing. I put the direct start at 9+ for tall people and 10a for people who have to dyno.

Whatever you want to rate it the climbing is sustained. To me felt pretty stiff for the grade. An above average quality route. too bad there is so much chalk crap all over it.

Dale Haas and I removed the horribly worn quick links at the anchor and replaced them with new quick links and links of chain to equalize for rappel.

Nice sustained slab climb. I'm a little too tall to feel the effect of double digit climbing on this start. The .8 crack variant is a fun couple of moves also.

5.10a, and one of the better routes at Table. A fun dyno early leads to interesting slab climbing on smaller holds up top. Precise footwork will get you through the upper section.

Maybe an OK route 9million people ago if you're into bolted cracks.
Maybe a 5.9 if every hold didn't feel like a greased watermelon. Save your time.

I like the route itself a lot. Climbed it on TR 11/6. Definitely hard 9+ in its condition. I can see how it would be frustrating on lead with the holds being so greased on the first half.