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I'd Rather Be In Philadelphia

Name: I'd Rather Be In Philadelphia
Rating: 3.1

5.12 YDS 7b+ French 27 Ewbanks VIII+ UIAA 26 ZA E6 6b British

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	Bad Man with a Devil's Hand T 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Bang Crack T 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Bang Crack Traverse T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
	Barf Bucket Traverse T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
	Black Starr Chimney T,TR 5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a
	Bloodletting T 5.11+ 7a 24 VIII 24 E4 6a
	Climb and Punishment T 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
	Climbs of Passion Exit T 5.11b/c 6c+ 23 VIII- 24 E4 6a
	Coffee Grinder T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Connecticut Yankee T 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Cosmic Debris T 5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Crystal Reign T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Fat Man's Demise T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Fat Man’s Demise, Straight Up Variation T 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Finger Grinder T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Fist Crack aka High School Crush, The T V0+ 4+
	Forever War, The T 5.13a 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E6 6c R
	Glass Hummingbird, The T 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
	Glenda's Chimney T 5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a
	Horror Show T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Howling T 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
	Hug Jombo T 5.11a/b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
	Hung Like a Horse T 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
	I'd Rather Be In Philadelphia T 5.12 7b+ 27 VIII+ 26 E6 6b
	If a Gyps Decks in the Woods, Do They Make a Sound? AKA The Forest Boulder AKA Eeyore's Revenge T 5.7+ 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	K.P. T 5.9- 5c 17 VI 16 HVS 4c
	Klink T 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Labyrinth T,TR 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Maiden T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
	Main Lane T 5.10- 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Matron T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Moor's Crossing T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	More Fun T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b PG13
	Peach Cobbler T V1 5
	Penis Dimension T 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Pooh Corner T 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Pussy Whip T 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
	Rag-tag T 5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Robert's Rectification T 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
	Serpentine T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Sky Line T V0- 4-
	Spatial Relations T 5.13- 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E7 6c R
	Temporary War aka The Short Battle, The T 5.8- 5b 16 VI- 14 VS 4c
	Time Quake T V4 6B
	Tombstone Crack T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Tumbleweed T 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Unknown left of Maiden T,TR 5.7+ 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Vacillation Exit T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Vag of Honor T 5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b PG13
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Type:	Trad, 80 ft (24 m)
FA:	Kevin Bein
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Description

I yarded off a huge "timebomb" flake that, for years, was used as a killer rest stance just before the crux. The flake was easily removed with a light pull while being lowered. I felt it move substantialy when I first stood on it. Without the flake, the route felt more sustained on toprope.... So, if you want to "feel" like you're doing a "first", get after it. Bring a drill and update the anchor while you're at it.

This is an awesome line, but it is not the best rock Vedauwoo has to offer. Hollow rock still exists just before the anchor. Rumor has it that it is possible to continue past the anchor at 80'. Beware of swifts within....

W.C. Fields and the name?

A popular bit of Fields folklore maintains that his grave marker is inscribed, "I'd rather be in Philadelphia" — or some close variant thereof. The legend originated from a mock epitaph that Fields wrote himself for a 1925 Vanity Fair article: "Here Lies / W.C. Fields / I Would Rather Be Living in Philadelphia."

In reality, his interment marker bears only his stage name and the years of his birth and death. (from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._C.…).