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Shadow Play

5.11c, Sport, 90 ft (27 m),  Avg: 2.9 from 28 votes
FA: R. Laird, C. Laird (11/08)
Colorado > Golden > Clear Creek Canyon > Twilight Zone
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Description

“We know that a dream can be real, but who ever thought that reality could be a dream? ..... Think about it and then ask yourself, do you live here, in this country, in this world, or do you live instead in the Twilight Zone?”

Begin by climbing a blunt arête or a shallow dihedral and pass the bottom roof on the right. Move up the ramp for 10 feet then angle up and left towards the crack located in the center of the top roof. Keep moving and keep dreaming about those huge jugs waiting for you just over the roof.

Location

Shadow Play ascends the right margin of the brown, clean face and passes through two roofs. It is located on the north facing wall approximately 30 feet to the right of the where the north and west facing walls meet.

Protection

11 bolts to a top anchor of two cold shuts.

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Christina working the holds over the top roof.
[Hide Photo] Christina working the holds over the top roof.
Rappelling the route.
[Hide Photo] Rappelling the route.

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Mark E Dixon
Possunt, nec posse videntur
[Hide Comment] There is a loose block (maybe mailbox-sized) at the first roof, so you may want to have your gear and belayer out of the line of fire. The hold is avoidable and marked with an X. It would be a public service if somebody feels like prying it off.

Otherwise a good climb, interesting moves, and generally solid. Jul 12, 2012
Geoff U
Centennial, CO
  5.11c
[Hide Comment] The loose "X" hold is quite avoidable. Great line. Sep 25, 2017
[Hide Comment] The block with the X is still there. As the comments above say, it's not very hard to avoid it, and make sure you don't step on it coming out of the roof. Looking at this route, it seems like it would have various sections of loose rock, but it's actually quite clean. Really fun movement with cryptic cruxes. The approach leaves something to be desired though. Jul 16, 2020