[Hide Comment] anyone know what the rating for beginning the corner on its right side, just to the left of the start of batman?

this start begins with a high right-hand crimp. you smear with your right foot and either toe hook or smear the corner with your left. the route then goes straight up the corner, working off slopey holds, a few side pulls, and a small crimp high and to the right. the feet are difficult to find and stick. i think the rating should be around v2/5.10d or so. easier for taller people. Sep 21, 2008

[Hide Comment] I tried this when I first started climbing, around 2002, and was baffled by the start.
Years later, I set up a tr on this, and did as many variations of the routes left of batman as I could come up with. It's hard to say for sure, but they all seemed to be between 11a and 11d, I think, depending on which holds you omit, what you link, etc. I think it's perfectly possible to find a v5 sequence, or a 5.12 variation on this face. I can't remember it specifically, but I remember linking the toughest moves of the bottom with the toughest moves of the top, and thinking it was pretty tough (11+ or 12- maybe). Oct 10, 2010