King Dinosaur 

I can't really add too much of a second opinion other than to say it's freakin' hard. On other climbs in the 7 range here and at the 'yard I can usually make at least a competent effort, but I can't even find a position to get my feet off the ground on this thing. Do you use the foothold that's way out to the left and try to throw, or am I completely botching the beta?

Yeah, I use a foothold out left. I seem to recall hiking my right foot up there, establishing, and throwing.
Truth be told, I think that if you can get on the wall and comfortably hold that starting position, you can do the problem.
This thing is bloody hard to be sure. I'm just reluctant to boost the grade due to my lack of experience with the V8+ range.
My only gauge is that it took me a few weeks of attempts (probably around 100) and some serious psyche, whereas other 7s (smooth criminal, gangster hippy, call me right, etc) took me at most a week or two of work.

It's hard fer an old git like me to remember exactly but I do think the first hold is smaller than it was but I always thought it was very hard for it's grade anyway. Wills graded it, and he's got very strong and also very small fingers. The way he used to hike the thing it was hard for me to uprate it but it's always felt WAY harder than any other V7 that I ever did. Desperate.

That little piece broke off the pocket 10 years ago...didn't affect the difficulty. I've seen [little] guys hike it and say no way was it V7. I always thought the rating was fine. Also Sean, this may have felt harder than those 3 problems because none of them are V7.

I'm thinking of starting a support group for people who are working this problem and have big fingers. I went for it today on this problem, and busted a tip because I couldn't cram my damn sausage fingers in to the slot.

Session ruined.

Still, rad problem.

I got on this for the first time today and sent it pretty quick. It is really my style of problem though. I don't really know if it is harder than V7, I have yet to work on anything V8 so not really sure what the grade feels like. Defiantly not 8+ or 9 though.

My beta was a right foot on the good foot hold out left and just do a twisting throw up to the decent crimp. A key was to trust your left fingers not blowing out of the shallow pocket.

I loved it others with me hated it.

Re-climbed this on Wednesday. Fantastic piece of rock. You guys are all right. V7 it is.

Any word on the sit? It looks hard, and I seem to recall some dude telling me years ago that it went at V10.