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Joint Venture

5.10a R, Trad, TR, 80 ft (24 m),  Avg: 1 from 3 votes
FA: David Bell, Mark Johnson, 3/1979
Colorado > S Platte > Pine Area > Sphinx Rock
Warning Access Issue: Closed: Private Property - Sphinx Rock is on private property DetailsDrop down

Description

This route is located on the left side of the slabs below Sphinx Crack. It is the leftmost slab route. Although the top is just a solo up 5.5 terrain the crux areas down low are great fun and reasonably protected (as long as the 1/4" bolt survives the short fall you would exert). If the bottom slab continued I would consider this a great route.

Crimp up small edges on perfect slab up to the flake, place a small cam and hop up. Clip the bolt, and slab out right and up on knobs and a few edges. Once you are on the lower angled rock, the hard climbing is over. Angle up and left toward two bolts above a ledge. I don't remember placing another piece until just before the top. You could groundfall from the upper section.

Protection

One old bolt and a small cam in the flake/ramp. Another medium piece near the top. I think that was it!

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Kit Suddreth
  5.10a R
[Hide Comment] David Bell put this up I don't know the date, sometime in '80' or '81. He climbed it with a girl he went out with at the time. I do not remember her name. The slab was always good bouldering, and on a whim, he drilled it. It is a 1/4" x 1 1/2" Rawl drive. It should be a Leeper hanger. Sep 9, 2017