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Rifle-esque

Name: Rifle-esque
Rating: 3.1

5.11d YDS 7a French 24 Ewbanks VIII UIAA 25 ZA E5 6a British

Routes in 1. Bat Cave

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	Axis of Evil S 5.13a 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E6 6c
	Crystal Therapy S 5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
	Dark Night S 5.13a 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E6 6c
	Fang Shui S 5.12c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b
	H3 S 5.12+ 7c 28 IX 27 E6 6b
	Holeistic Healing S 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
	Horrorscope S 5.13a 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E6 6c
	Letting Go S 5.12c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b
	Molten Magma S 5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a
	Palm Reader S 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
	Path to Enlightenment S 5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b
	Rifle-esque S 5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a
	Subaru Nation S 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
	Tacoma Man S 5.11c/d 7a 24 VIII 25 E4 6a

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Type:	Sport, 80 ft (24 m)
GPS:	36.342, -105.7394
FA:	Mike Freebourne
Page Views:	2,463 total · 11/month
Shared By:	tim naylor on Aug 23, 2007 · Updates
Admins:	Mike Howard, Jason Halladay, Mike Hoskins, Anna Brown Page Updates (admin only)

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Start off a boulder and onto the face. Go right on roof, then go up to arete, to a difficult clip. Mike fell here from broken hold and didn't hit slab, but use caution. We wish it was rifle-esque, name goes with routes to the left. Good moves on roof to a lesser finish.