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Beer Run

Name: Beer Run
Rating: 3.9

5.13a YDS 7c+ French 29 Ewbanks IX+ UIAA 29 ZA E6 6c British

Routes in Ruckman Cave

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	A Spy From the Country of Rainmen S 5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a
	Antichamber S 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Beer Run S 5.13a 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E6 6c
	Bloody Corner S 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b R
	Bolt Action S 5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
	Bovine Impact S 5.12c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b
	Call the Cops S 5.12d 7c 28 IX 28 E6 6b
	Choss Family Robinson S 5.11c/d 7a 24 VIII 25 E4 6a
	Cooch S 5.13a 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E6 6c
	Don't Point That Thing At Me (Head Full of Lead extension) S 5.13 8a 29 X- 30 E7 6c
	Extended Family S 5.12d 7c 28 IX 28 E6 6b
	Firearms S 5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
	First Steps S 5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a
	Grades of Wrath (submitted as Wreaths of Wrath) S 5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b
	Head Full of Lead S 5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
	In Your Face S 5.12d 7c 28 IX 28 E6 6b
	Kenose Eskapa S 5.13b 8a 29 IX+ 30 E7 6c
	Kielbasa Run S 5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
	Le Frimeur S 5.12c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b
	Long Barrel S 5.12c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b
	Loose Cannon S 5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b
	Nessun Dorma S 5.10b/c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Noble Wife S 5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b
	Objectivity Exchange S 5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b
	Overstoker S 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
	Pellet Gun S 5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b
	Pinch Fest S 5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b
	Prime Evil S 5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
	Prime the Pump S 5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
	Prime Time S 5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
	Primer S 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
	Princess of Turandot S 5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a
	Promise, The S 5.12c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b
	Rave Over Truth and Beauty, The S 5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
	Red Dawn S 5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a
	Return to Sender (aka Cap-gun) S 5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
	Rolling Log, The S 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
	Shibumi S 5.13a 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E6 6c
	Smoking Gun S 5.13b 8a 29 IX+ 30 E7 6c
	Street Knowledge S 5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b
	Supre Guide S 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Waiting For 21 S 5.13b/c 8a+ 29 X- 30 E7 6c
	When the Levee Breaks S 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b

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Type:	Sport, 100 ft (30 m)
GPS:	39.72098, -107.69019
FA:	Scott Frye, 1990s
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Shared By:	Orphaned User on Nov 24, 2001 · Updates
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Description

This is an incredible route -- you may recognize it from the cover shot on the first Rifle guidebook by Hassan Saab. It is a long, airy pitch on the beautiful white and blue streaked wall left of the Ruckman Cave.

Beer Run is the rightmost of a quartet of long, "slabby" routes on the towering wall left of Ruckman and can be recognized by an often-fixed long draw at the lower crux. It climbs just left of a huge round bowl at mid-height on the cliff-band and tackles a series of well-chalked laybacks.

Pass an initial bolt or two to reach a ledge (5.10) then step onto the wall and begin laybacking. The laybacks soon become thinner and you're forced to crimp a bit before a pumpy crux deposits you at an awesome resting hole. Surge up and right from the hole onto the expansive headwall and save some juice for the 5.9+ run-out to the anchors.

This brilliant line is a testimony to the power of beer and to one man's courageous journey down to the distant village of Rifle to procure a six-pack prior to the first ascent.