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Monster Crossing

5.10c, Sport,  Avg: 0.9 from 17 votes
FA: Dave Quinn, 1/96
New Hampshire > Rumney > Monsters from the Id
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Description

This link up is quite contrived and not all that much fun (though a "bad" climb is much better than no climb at all).... It does however have a purpose....
Climb this route if:
1: Your sporty, projecting friends insist on working the hard stuff at Monsters even if you aren't ready for that sort of thing....
2: You really need to warm up slow for a red point of one of the tough climbs here (though you might be better off climbing one of the easier 5.11s)....
3: If you are like me and your goal is to climb every route at Rumney regardless of grade or quality....

Start as for Abominable Snowman (5.11b) and move left on an obvious ledge till the end of it where you head straight up the second half of Source of Madness (5.10d).... This is the crux, and it always seems hard for the grade for me or I'm missing a very important piece of beta....

If you decide to climb it, do me a favor and enjoy it....

Location

Traverses right to left on the obvious, midway ledge on the left side of the crag....

Protection

6 bolts to quick clips.

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one more of dad on monsters crossing
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Katianna on Monsters Crossing
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ernie on monsters crossing
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my dad going for it :)
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Eric Leclerc
Montreal
  5.10c
[Hide Comment] I will climb this one this summer for reason #3. Feb 18, 2014
Nick Grant
Tamworth, NH
  5.10c
[Hide Comment] The top out isn't that bad if you know the right beta. Otherwise, it's pretty heinous for a 10c. (The hardest part of the route is clipping the last bolt. It's kind of a go-for-it, deadpoint-clip. I had to get Ian to hang the draw for me.) Aug 7, 2016
Jake Perry
Concord, NH
  5.10b
[Hide Comment] The mantle at the top is pretty fun. The rest of the climb is kinda silly but something that you dont experience when you climb boulders all the time. The worst part about it is the rope drag. I recommend downclimbing to unclip the shared bolt on Abominale after you get the first dedicated bolt on this climb. May 20, 2024