This is a historic Flagstaff testpiece and definitely the most public of Flagstaff's harder problems, sitting only 15 feet from the road.
Just Right climbs the overhanging southeast side of Capstan Rock and is above the right edge of the platform facing the road. It features an obvious lunge move to a sloping but well-textured pocket high and right.
Originally (and most commonly) done with a cheater stone start that allows you to reach the opposing sidepulls seven feet up, Just Right has also been done at V10 from the low start by Skip Guerin and Ben Moon. There used to be a perfect cheater stone in place for this problem, but it was built into the retaining wall next to the boulder. Now people either stack up pads or make a small cairn of sorts to gain the holds.
Muckle on to the opposing sidepulls, lunge for the pocket, kick your feet back on, and crimp your way over the slabby lip. A Chris Hill problem, Just Wrong, hits the pocket with the left hand instead.
Should you despair in your bid for summit glory bear in mind that Colin Lantz did this thing in Tevas with a lit cigarette in his mouth on a greasy summer evening.
That should light a bit of a fire under your ass....
A crashpad and a cheater stone.
Secondly, the low start you mention ... that begins off the thin sidepull/underclings right?
Anyone done it from the sds? There was some banter about this on the FRB site recently, but no info. Feb 16, 2002
Doing that move as a crossover seems unlikely. Any clues?
Thanks Feb 16, 2002
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More Capstan video, see mountainsandwater.com/2011/… for details. Mar 15, 2011
Edit: the answer is no, the hold is the same. I think I was just grabbing the wrong part of the hold. Sent it this weekend 4/2024, 20 years after first touching it. Actually feels on the grade for the old school problems on the mountain, aka still hard. Oct 8, 2020
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