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Recommend RR class IV routes

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D Graham · · Washington, DC · Joined Jul 2013 · Points: 972

Hey all!

Going to be @ RR in late November and wanna jump on a grade IV if worthwhile (i know most RR routes are grade III). Anyone have a recomendation.

BigB · · Red Rock, NV · Joined Feb 2015 · Points: 340
Ted Pinson · · Chicago, IL · Joined Jul 2014 · Points: 252

Damn. Planning on doing that in a day?

BigB · · Red Rock, NV · Joined Feb 2015 · Points: 340

Looking at your profile(leads 5.9 trad, leads .11c sport)... and it's pitches, it matches up perfectly. The gear pitches are all 5.9 and the harder pitches are 5.10c but bolted.

D Graham · · Washington, DC · Joined Jul 2013 · Points: 972

Thanks for the recommendations y'all. I've got another question. We have a single rope and a tag line (tag line doesnt get much use because full rope rappels are seldom required here). Do any of y'all use single ropes or are double ropes pretty much the only way to go at RR?

grog m · · Saltlakecity · Joined Aug 2012 · Points: 70

Imagine RR as a big outdoor gym. You will be fine with essentially any set up.

I would recommend two ropes so that you can rapell that much further.

fossana · · leeds, ut · Joined Apr 2006 · Points: 13,318
BigB wrote:Looking at your profile(leads 5.9 trad, leads .11c sport)... and it's pitches, it matches up perfectly. The gear pitches are all 5.9 and the harder pitches are 5.10c but bolted.
I suppose you could run totally it out, but I remember placing a small cam near the crux on the 10c pitch. Inti is shaded, btw, so could be a sufferfest if it's super cold. I have climbed it that time of year. Also, I wouldn't really call it grade IV unless you do the RA linkup. It goes fairly fast with all of the bolts. Still worth doing.
D Graham · · Washington, DC · Joined Jul 2013 · Points: 972

thanks for the advice y'all! It sounds like a 70m will get me down most rappels I need.

Andy Hansen · · Longmont, CO · Joined Sep 2009 · Points: 3,130

Inti is a soft IV. How committing is a route if you just rap back down the route? A better grade IV is Epinephrine or Texanephrine. Up and over on those routes gives the route a far greater sense of commitment than rappelling back down the route. But, if you're looking for a long climb then Inti would be a great intro for that.

W L · · NEVADASTAN · Joined Mar 2010 · Points: 851
BigB wrote:Looking at your profile(leads 5.9 trad, leads .11c sport)... and it's pitches, it matches up perfectly. The gear pitches are all 5.9 and the harder pitches are 5.10c but bolted.
Agreed with earlier posters, Inti itself is Grade III. The approach is a process, but you've climbed it, so you knew that, yes?
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Nevada
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