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Zulu
5.14a,
Sport,
Avg: 3.9 from 11
votes
FA: Chris Sharma, equipped by Colin Lantz
Colorado
> Rifle
> Rifle Mtn Park
> Wicked Cave
Description
Zulu is one route left of
Slice of Life, on the right side of the Wicked Cave. It climbs up vertical grey rock and quickly gives way to a very overhanging swell, which is followed to the lip of the cave. It can also be recognized by a long jump to a deep hole around the 5th or 6th bolt.
While all the hardest climbing hits you on the bottom third of the route, it is unrelenting all the way to the anchors, with an undercling crux at 2/3 height and a crimpy finishing crux providing plenty of opportunity for airtime.
This is a classic endurance testpiece (90+ feet)
a la Rifle; thankfully it only seems to offer a kneescum or two, keeping the climbing athletic and aesthetic from bottom to top.
Protection
15 quickdraws.
[Hide Photo] Corey Flynn smiling after making it through the first crux of "Zulu"
Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania
Glenwood Springs, CO
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