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Crescendo

5.9+, Sport, 60 ft (18 m),  Avg: 2.5 from 196 votes
FA: Eric Hörst, Cindy Hintz, Charles Ganote (2003)
W Virginia > New River Gorge… > New River Gorge… > Bubba City > 01. Sandstonia
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Description

This climb is very well named !

Climb the nice face past increasingly hard moves to the anchor. An excellent climb.

Continue up past the anchors to finish on Zeitgeist

Location

At the far right side of the Shady Lady alcove, just left of a large fallen block.

Protection

6 bolts + 2-bolt anchor. Shares anchor with The Good Book to the left.

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Andrew leading, right around the crux.
[Hide Photo] Andrew leading, right around the crux.
Moving up and left towards the crux (just beyond the "x").
[Hide Photo] Moving up and left towards the crux (just beyond the "x").

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Dan Africk
Brooklyn, New York
  5.9+
[Hide Comment] Fun route! The climbing is intense and does not let up (even before the crux!), and between the challenging moves, tiny holds, and big potential for swinging, it definitely gets the adrenaline pumping. I was scared following this route!

Because of the swing potential, if you're going to leave a top-rope up, I suggest leaving your quickdraws in, and clip the rope back in on your way down. May 6, 2015
Semi Sendy
Chattanooga, TN
 
[Hide Comment] Felt much harder than the "5.10a Zeitgeist" extended finish. Respect the +plus+....haha. Oct 23, 2017
[Hide Comment] Really nice climb, guidebook says 5.9, but seems more like 10a to me. Jul 28, 2018
Chuck wurts
Sagamore Hills
  5.10a
[Hide Comment] There were 2 large loose rocks on the route that were marked with the chalk X. I would suggest being mindful of them. I happen to like my belayers.

I thought the route felt more like a 10a but that may have been because I skipped the loose rocks. Aug 6, 2018
Austin D
  5.10a
[Hide Comment] It might be helpful to note that the anchors for this climb are shared with Good Book. I did not know that when I started and someone was already on Good Book, so I continued to the higher anchors for Zeitgeist. Jul 11, 2020