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Short Man's Burden

5.12a/b, Sport, 50 ft (15 m),  Avg: 1.7 from 10 votes
FA: Bob D'Antonio and Richard Aschert, 2002
Colorado > Canon City > Shelf Rd > Cactus Cliff > D. Cactus Cliff Right…

Description

Start just left of "Hurricane Hinzi". Climb up some short corners to the first bolt. Clip the first bolt and begin a series of hard moves with some long reaches. The crux is getting past the fourth bolt and reaching the anchor. Excellent climbing on good stone. People under 5'6" might have a hard time with the reaches.

Protection

Five bolts lead to a two-bolt anchor.

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Cactus Cliff - Right (1).<br> <br> The Price is Right is now named Legend on the Fall.<br> <br> La Estacion de Shelf is now named La Temperatura de Shelf.
[Hide Photo] Cactus Cliff - Right (1). The Price is Right is now named Legend on the Fall. La Estacion de Shelf is now named La Temperatura de Shelf.
setting up for the first hard move
[Hide Photo] setting up for the first hard move

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slim

  5.12a
[Hide Comment] Having done this one a couple times, I think the best way to do it is to climb through the first 4 bolts (maybe clip 5th with long runner) on Hurricane Hinzi and move left into the upper section of Short Man's Burden. If I remember correctly, this is how it was first put up. Hopefully someone will correct me if I'm wrong. Doing it this way is 2 stars - you get the fun lower bulge of HH and the fun upper section of SB.

The direct start is kind of a chosstrocity, and the climbing above can't redeem the bomb that it earns. The climbing through the first 2 bolts makes you feel kind of dirty, because you end up kind of moving to the right, instead of going straight up at 5.harder-than-12a. Feb 22, 2013