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All Locations > Colorado > Estes Park Valley > Lumpy Ridge > Book > Isis Buttress > Rd Kill (5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b)
The crux is completely over when you reach the flake left of the two tiny bushes. To get there involves a series of pretty hard moves starting from below Chuck.<br> <br> Is it cheating to use the holds out right? I don't think so, although I would consider it cheating to stem all the way over to Sports Pages, the wider crack on the right. Who's to say when natural crack climbs are this close to each other?
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Topher Donahue works his way up 'Road Kill' (5.10) on The Book, at Lumpy Ridge. Photo by Tony Bubb, 2005.
I'm posting this photo to show the nearby climbs, not Chuck's climbing prowess.<br> <br> The wide crack system right of Chuck is Sports Pages, 5.8. The next crack left of Chuck is Living Dead 11b. The crux of Living Dead ends at the pink belay ledge up and a bit left of Chuck. The 10a second pitch of Living Dead continues up the same crack system. The short left-facing corner further left is Dead Boy 10b. Dead Boy traverse right to Living Dead below the bulging orange rock. Dead Boy Direct 11d continues up the Dead Boy crack system left of the orange bulge. Flaked Out 5.9 climbs flakes and cracks at the far left of the photo and traverses right near the top of the photo.
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Ivan Rezucha
Jul 11, 2004
“The crux is completely over when you reach the flake left of the two tiny bushes. To get there involves a series of pretty hard moves starting from below Chuck.

Is it cheating to use the holds out right? I don't think so, although I would consider it cheating to stem all the way over to Sports Pages, the wider crack on the right. Who's to say when natural crack climbs are this close to each other?”  

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Topher Donahue works his way up 'Road Kill' (5.10) on The Book, at Lumpy Ridge. Photo by Tony Bubb, 2005.
The crux is completely over when you reach the flake left of the two tiny bushes. To get there involves a series of pretty hard moves starting from below Chuck.<br> <br> Is it cheating to use the holds out right? I don't think so, although I would consider it cheating to stem all the way over to Sports Pages, the wider crack on the right. Who's to say when natural crack climbs are this close to each other?
I'm posting this photo to show the nearby climbs, not Chuck's climbing prowess.<br> <br> The wide crack system right of Chuck is Sports Pages, 5.8. The next crack left of Chuck is Living Dead 11b. The crux of Living Dead ends at the pink belay ledge up and a bit left of Chuck. The 10a second pitch of Living Dead continues up the same crack system. The short left-facing corner further left is Dead Boy 10b. Dead Boy traverse right to Living Dead below the bulging orange rock. Dead Boy Direct 11d continues up the Dead Boy crack system left of the orange bulge. Flaked Out 5.9 climbs flakes and cracks at the far left of the photo and traverses right near the top of the photo.
Just below the crux section. The Book of the Dead (9+) chimney is to the left. The huge Isis dihedal is just visible through the tree at the top left.
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