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Firstborn

Name: Firstborn
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5.10c YDS 6b French 20 Ewbanks VII UIAA 20 ZA E2 5b British

Routes in Hard Rock

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	Beehive S 5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b
	Born Again S 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Bumbly Bells S 5.10a/b 6a+ 19 VI+ 19 E2 5b
	Chalkless and Discontent S 5.13a 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E6 6c
	Cyberlag S 5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a
	Dreadlocks S 5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b
	Eight to Eleven S 5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b
	Emotional Geometry S 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Firstborn S 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Gas Boost S 5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Juggernaut S 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
	Juggernaut Roof S 5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b
	Land Shark S 5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Late for Dinner S 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
	Many Options S 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Platinum Blonde S 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Primal Magic S 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
	Punch The Clock (Roof) S 5.12a/b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6a
	Quicker Picker Upper S 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Rockapella S 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Six to Eleven S 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
	Stoic Calculus S 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Stump S 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Suicide Blonde S 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
	Teeanova S 5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
	Treehugger S 5.10b/c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Unknown 5.10+ S 5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b
	Unknown 5.10a S 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Unknown 5.10c S 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Unknown 5.6 S 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
	Unknown 5.9 S 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Unknown Left S 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Unknown Roof Crack S 5.10b/c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Vaporous Apparition S 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Vixen Blonde (aka Punch the Clock) S 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Winds of Fire S 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a

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Type:	Sport, 45 ft (14 m)
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Access Issue: Located in a National Forest Fee Area Details

See the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest Service fee page fs.fed.us/r4/uwc/passes/ for more information.

Description

Climb up to and over a stepped roof on huge jugs and pockets through the first three bolts. The most fun bit of the route, but not the hardest bit. The harder part comes after the fourth bolt: Surmount a bulge on a couple of pockets a wee bit less secure and farther out of reach than during the preceding bit.

Continue up vertical rock using standard-issue American Fork pockets (and a few crimps, if you want them) to the chains.

All-in-all, quite an enjoyable route if you enjoy big moves on big holds. The route is easier the farther left from the bolt line you trend; the natural line tends that direction because, to paraphrase Willie Sutton, Thats where the holds are.

This route is comfortably bolted, meaning you wont worry much about any potential falls.

Location

This is the right-most of three routes on the south-facing, next-to-west-most section of Hard Rock. The least-strenuous way to get there is to follow the trail when it turns right to go to the main Hard Rock wall (west-facing). Go north (left) along the main wall; you will turn west and by staying along the base of the rock you will end up at the base of these three newer Hard Rock routes.

Alternatively, don't turn right to the main Hard Rock area and instead continue straight to the base of the wall you see ahead of you as you come up the trail to the Hard Rock/White Wave/Escape Buttress areas.