Skyeler Congdon Western Slope   5.10+

[Hide Comment] An emotional lead. One of Durango's best pitches. Mar 7, 2009

Seth Hunter

[Hide Comment] Hard slabby beginning. Harder for those with shorter limbs. However, well worth the time if you're near it. Apr 3, 2010

Justin Laursen Chattanooga, TN   5.10+

[Hide Comment] A route with both a bottom and top crux. Challenging for the grade but well worth the effort and scares. A must do. Sep 15, 2010

Gee Monet Las Vegas, NV

[Hide Comment] I've only been in Durango a few days and have only climbed a few routes, but this has been the best one so far. So good. Jan 14, 2012

Dylan Weldin Ramstein, DE   5.11a

[Hide Comment] Best route at X Rock. Crash pad is a good idea for the tricky start above a nasty, ankle-breaking landing. Great face climbing that kind of reminded me of Penitente Canyon. I'll echo what Skyeler said about emotions! Mar 31, 2012

Matt Pickren

[Hide Comment] Cleaned someone's draws off the first two bolts yesterday (7-27), looks like they bailed before the runout to the 3rd bolt. Please e-mail or call me, and I will get them back to you. Makes me think they were in a hurry to get out of there as they could have rapped in to get them back. 970946 7237. Jul 28, 2012

JVW	[Hide Comment] Great climbing, committing move to the first jug then just balancy climbing with good protection to a crux finale. No move harder than 5.10a unless you are real short. Oct 29, 2012

durnin

[Hide Comment] Two hard mantels. Really challenging since the top flake broke. Fun. Definitely give it a shot. Apr 6, 2016

Mike LoPresti   5.11a/b PG13

[Hide Comment] So it took me like 5 tries to figure out where to start this route (traverse from left). Pretty much every bolt was runout (not saying it's a bad thing, just informing). The crux at the top felt very hard to me. Durnin said a flake broke, I'm assuming it was there. Would be tough to onsight. Regardless, this route was amazing, and I would do it 100 times again. Jun 26, 2016

John Hayes II Durango, CO   5.11

[Hide Comment] I believe the move at the top is harder than 5.10+. The bolts are well-placed yet with committing moves in between. The direct start is a challenging boulder move also potentially harder than 5.10 but not as difficult as the top crux. I wish I got a chance to climb the top crux with the flake still attached. Still an awesome route for the complex styles of the X-rock area. Aug 8, 2018

TrevorRoulstin Durango, Co

[Hide Comment] Through some complete lapse of judgment, this climb became my first lead. I remember asking Eli if I had clipped properly at every bolt. I sent it. I have come back to this climb many times since but have never been able to make it clean like the first time. Life sure is weird. Nov 19, 2018

Joey W Golden/Durango, CO   5.11a

[Hide Comment] One of my favorite routes in Durango, definitely the best at X Eock (in my opinion). I might even say it's closer to 11a.... Mar 18, 2020

Clove Hitch Cory

[Hide Comment] Amazing climb - definitely my favorite at this crag. I love the movement. Jun 15, 2024