Running Man 

FA:  Paul Van Betten, Sal Mamusia, Mike Ward 1987 Type:  Trad Consensus:  5.11c [details] Length:  1 pitch, 120 feet Views: 1,165 page views Submitted By: david goldstein on Apr 1, 2002 Add Photo  Add Comment

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Bob McGowen in 1987, shortly after this route was ...

Description 

One of my favorite single-pitch climbs in the country, it is of a piece with other masculine enduro-classics such as Quarter of a Man and Mister Clean. Features slightly overhanging Red Rocks crimping. Starts with a cruxy move by the first bolt (harder if short), followed by a long stretch of 5.10 climbing with no real rests and ends with a semi-cruxy move just below the anchors.

The start of the climb is easy to find with the Swain guide. This climb is in the sun almost the entire day.

Protection 

This pitch has about 10 bolts, which some of us consider insufficient for a climb of this length, difficulty and continuousness. The bolts can be easily supplemented with a few nuts in the #1-4 Rock range and a couple of cams in the narrow-to-rattly-finger range. A #2.5 Friend is handy at the start.

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Just passed the thin crux move there is a purple C...	If you are short, this is going to the crux. Reach...	Heres the crimp at the big reach.