PRINT: Rock Climb Power and Lies, Golden

Power and Lies

5.10-, Sport,

Avg: 1.7 from 92 votes
FA: Wright, Tarrant, Veraldi, 2003
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Rim Rock Trail at N. Table Mt. Park is closed Feb. through July 31 to protect raptor nesting territory and ground-nesting bird habitat.

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Description

Power and Lies ascends the face and arete just right of the Un-named Monkey. This line was originally envisioned to keep on the arete (5.10+), but will most likely get done via the face and trough on the left (5.9). Fun climbing on good stone, with a small thrill popping on to the ledge. FFA for arete variation went to Mark Tarrant.

Protection

Eight draws and a rope. It shares an anchor with Cool Thing and GWB.

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Power and Lies, Off Guard, and Cool Thing.

Yvonne D'Andrea stemming up the lower section.

Josh Darnell skipping bolts, Power and Lies, N. Table, Jan. 2012.

Power and Lies. The easiest line uses the crack on the left (in the shade) and stems right to make the clips.

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Leo Paik
Westminster, Colorado

5.9

There is a loose block jug that is all chalked up in the trough/groove on the L. Beware, it is hollow, it shifts, & will come out in time (hopefully not on your belayer). Mar 10, 2004

Ron Olsen
Boulder, CO

5.9

The easiest line works the crack to the left, stemming right to make the clips. Climbing the bolt line more directly looked quite difficult.

After leading this route, you can top-rope Off Guard and Cool Thing if you don't want to lead those more difficult routes. Oct 26, 2004

Ian Welch
Denver, CO

5.9+

Great route, follow up the thin crack to the right (left of the bolt route) for a nice line. The bolt route seemed a bit scant for holds, where does the 5.10+ come from? Sep 19, 2006

Jay Samuelson
Colorado

5.10

I would say this is 10+ if you stay in the crack immediately to the left of the bolt line, without going into the big gully. Staying in the 'mini-dehidral' makes for a fun and interesting sequence of moves. Mar 2, 2008

AOSR
Green Mnt

5.10-

One of those routes where it could be hard if you don't use certain features etc, etc.... Skip this one and do one of the good lines to right as a warm up for Monkey Puzzle. Mar 31, 2010

Dave Clark 5.10
Golden, CO

5.9

I agree that Power and Lies is probably 5.9 if one stays within reach of the bolts yet uses the larger cracks on the left side of the lower inset and 5.10+ for the thin crack on the right side of the lower portion. With trad gear, the lower cracks might be 5.8 but still 5.9 to get to the top (which is worthwhile). Top anchors are two bolts higher and different than shared top anchors for Off Guard and Cool Thing. Mar 8, 2011

Richard M. Wright
Lakewood, CO

5.10+

I watched some folks climbing PAL just recently, and it seems pretty clear why this route, unlike the two routes left of it, gets such disparate grades: 5.9 to 5.10+. When climbed on the bolt line and not well left of the bolts, it is good and solid 5.10, perhaps 5.10c. When done using the face on the left, it comes in close to 5.9, give or take a bit. Whatever works. Leading from the left does entail stretching over to the clips, so watch out. Feb 20, 2014

Nick Jakubowski
Denver

The first two bolts are spinning. Feb 1, 2020

Tony B
Around Boulder, CO

5.10-

You can make this route about any difficulty between 5.9 and 5.11 depending on how contrived you want to make it. Feb 26, 2023