Rock Till You Drop

Never been to this area, just a quick question- How can 5.9+ turn into V5 if you take the rope away? 5.9+ is closer to V0-. Rope or no rope, the grade is the same. Jul 17, 2009

Don't get me wrong...I love Colorado...and I'm just kiddin' here, but how come every time someone questions a grade it's a dude from Colorado?

I know 5.9 doesn't equal a V5 but I didn't originally grade this route. I believe perhaps whoever did the FA gave it a 5.9. When I dug up the info that's what it was so I don't feel I should change it. I can tell you it's not a V0 though. The few folks I know that have climbed it have put it at V4-5 and I'm pretty comfortable with that. I'd rather just leave it a V grade but it is about 20' and some folks like to top rope it. I'm sure someone who hangs around the Georgia section probably knows more about the route then me and can probably provide more info.

Jul 26, 2009

V0 Dec 8, 2009

Agree...V0 maybe V1

climbed it today and it was pretty fun...walked down and around to the front snapped a pic and climbed it again. I don't think I have ever climbed a V4...much less back to back. Who knows, maybe that hangboard my wife got me for christmas is working miracles for me.

Not dissing the grade, just wondering where the people that think it's V4-5 climb at and what other V4-5s they have climbed to make the comparison. Apr 5, 2010

Glad you got out there and glad to see people checking Juliette out. I don't care to get in a grade pissing contest but I've climbed V0s and V6s and RTYD is probably somewhere inbetween. When I put this page up that's the info that I dug up on the route 5.9+ and V4-5. (I know that a 5.9 equates to a V0) I don't know who the FA was or who originally rated it but that's what I'll leave it at and if the consensus continues to bring it down then that's cool. Regardless it's one of the best boulders in Mid GA and a fun route. When I first climbed it I thought it was decently tough. Now I can go up 2-3 times robotically and then move on to other routes. It's still probably my favorite route in the tiny pool of routes we have in Mid GA. If you want to make it tougher try starting below an right of the flake. I've wanted to work a sit start into it somehow as well one day. Apr 7, 2010

first off, translating boulder grades and route grades is stupid, secondly this route is far from v5. V1-2 highball Dec 7, 2010

I heard from the FA for this route. He never climbed it roped and never gave it a grade. I've updated the FA info to reflect this. It was cool to hear from someone who had history on Juliette. Seems like the consensus is bringing the grade down and that's cool. I wish a few more people got out there to climb. I'm headed back to Macon this year after two years of climbing in VA and W VA so it will be interesting to see what I think about the route now. It's still the Mid GA classic though. Oct 28, 2011