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Tendon Bendin' 

5.12c

   
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Type: Sport, 35 feet
Consensus: 5.12b/c [details]
FA: Luke Laeser
Submitted By: Matthew NM on Jul 2, 2007

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Description 

Starts left of Crimp Chimp from the same belay platform across the stream. Fun sustained crimping, a good warmup for the fingers for the harder routes on the Main Wall.


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4 bolts to a 2-bolt anchor



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By Laeserguns
Jul 24, 2008

I bolted this route shortly after crimp chimp and named it "Tendon bendin'" because of the smallish crimpy holds. After having not climbed it for a few years [I think] the route still holds up to its reputation of hurting your fingers on those little incut holds! Super steep and classic!

By George Perkins
From: Los Alamos, NM
Aug 8, 2012
rating: 5.12

This climb's a tougher version of Crimp Chimp, steep and relentless with no distinct crux. Despite a scary 2nd clip off perhaps the smallest hold on the climb (consider stick-clipping this), and a demoralizing finish due to the difficulty of clipping the chains while pumped (consider bringing an extra draw to clip the anchor first, rather than clipping the anchor directly), I've been pretty psyched about this climb lately as I'm trying to improve at steep climbing. This season, I've found it to be not too tweaky or painful; the holds don't seem any smaller than on any other mid/upper-5.12 at the Dungeon. All this should be taken with the caveat that I haven't sent yet.