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Description
Far left side of the 45deg boulder, right of that slab route no one seems to know the name of. Basically a very cool V7 boulder problem to a 5.11 slab to the chains. A truly proud ascent would be to (highball) boulder it which would require plenty of pads and spotters...and confidence
Protection
bolts, preclip the first 2 so you don't end up in the stream
I bolted this route and Ed Strang made the first ascent, followed by Jean DeLataillade, and then Paul May all in the same day. It took me a few more months to beat it into submission. Nathaniel Walker later discovered that a good alternate finish (instead of climbing thin the slab after the crux) is to traverse to the right and finish on BeastMaster.
We all thought this route seemed like 13c at the time. 12d seems a bit ridiculous -- it's a pretty hard boulder problem.
consensus 12d, ha ha... hilarious. more like solid 13b.
By George Perkins Administrator From: Los Alamos, NM Jul 28, 2008
"Established rating" changed to that recommended by longtime Dungeon developers Luke Laeser and Jean DeLataillade and the two area guidebooks so as to make comparison with other routes at the Dungeon more meaningful.
45° Boulder
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