I climbed this route in the fall of 2007 and it was in solid shape.
However, the third bolt is a bit far past the second, with some ground-fall potential if the leader falls after taking up rope to clip. Best to belay attentively - I took in more than two big arm lengths of rope as my climber fell from this point and we met eye-to-eye about 2 feet off the deck.
By Jeff Welch From: Lakewood, CO Oct 19, 2009 rating: 5.10b
Nearly every route has groundfall potential if you blow the 2nd or 3rd clip, especially if you clip from too low. Although counter-intuitive, it's generally better to clip high because it minimizes the amount of slack out. This one is very closely bolted in my opinion - much more so than most routes in the Red.
All that said... this is a great route with fun moves on clean rock!
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