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The Kind (originally In Your Face, then Standard Overhang - after the block was removed)

Name: The Kind (originally In Your Face, then Standard Overhang - after the block was removed)
Rating: 3.8

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Routes in Emerald Lake

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	And I Thought, What the F*ck V6 7A
	Beginner's Luck V2 5+
	Bread Loaf, The V5 6C
	Breadoaf, The V5 6C
	Crack, The V7+ 7A+
	Cube V5, The V4-5 6B+
	Cube V6, The V6 7A
	Dawn Patrol V4-5 6B+
	End, The V7- 7A+
	Girlfriend Traverse V7 7A+
	Invisibility Cloak V9 7C
	Kind (originally In Your Face, then Standard Overhang - after the block was removed), The V5 6C
	Kind of a Big Deal V9- 7C
	Kind sitstart, The V7- 7A+
	Kind Traverse, The V11- 8A
	Kind, Low, The V6 7A
	Kneebar V6 7A
	Leopard Print V3 6A
	Lobster Claw V4 6B
	Lobster Tail V4 6B PG13
	Moldy Dick V1 5
	Mr. Wimpy V7 7A+
	Mr. Wimpy SDS V8 7B PG13
	Purple Drink V7 7A+
	Real Large V9 7C
	Real Small V8 7B
	Sizzurp V8 7B
	Storm Shadow Stand V10 7C+
	Swang of Thangs V4+ 6B+
	Swing of Things Stand V7 7A+
	Tiger Stripes aka Coffee and Cream V5-6 6C+
	Tommy's Other Arete V9 7C
	Warm Up V1+ 5
	Warm-Up Boulder V1 5
	Whispers of Wisdom V10 7C+
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Type:	Boulder, Alpine, 12 ft (4 m)
FA:	Jim Hurst
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Access Issue: Fragile Alpine Area Details

This is a fragile alpine bouldering area and following Leave No Trace principles is important. Never stash pads. Do not alter landings, chip or glue holds, or remove or alter vegetation. Walk on hard surfaces such as boulders or established trails. Store your gear on boulders instead of dirt or vegetation. Clean up spilled chalk and tick marks and brush holds. Keep your presence low key and unobtrusive. Pack out everything you brought and anything else that shouldn't have been left there. RMNP rangers are very aware of the impact that bouldering has on this environment.

Access Issue: Closures Details

Seasonal closures Feb. 15-July 31. Per the Denver Post:, the Cathedral Wall and all areas above the Loch Vale-Sky Pond Trail are closed to off-trail travel! Per this RMNP website, "Initial closures now occur in Feb. 15 and April, when raptors return to the region and scout for nesting sites. Areas containing general habitat preferred by raptors are closed during this time. Once raptors have selected nesting spots, the initial closures are lifted or adjusted. The specific areas which raptors choose for nesting sites are closed."

For additional information about raptor closures, please visit the Rocky Mountain National Parks area closures website.

General NPS climbing regulations for RMNP posted here.

Description

The crux is making the long reach for the good slot/pocket/crimp jug (crug). Landing is fair since the boulder overhangs a small slab. Start on a left-facing jug at the center of the wall, move slightly left.

This problem was established earlier by Jim Hurst, Jim Belcer, and Dean Potter as "In Your Face" due to a large block at the top of the route that would crush your face. After it was removed the name was changed to "Standard Overhang." History noted. I have chosen to keep the name The Kind to aid in identifying the route since virtually everyone calls this the Kind.

Location

300 yards downhill from Emerald Lake, above the wash (before a large hill climbs up on the edge of the valley of Emerald Lake) is a cluster of boulders. If you are in the center of this area, you will see the Kind in front of you, the Kind Traverse(s) (V11) move left from the Kind. Turn around and there is a roofy V6, and to the right of this is a roofy V9 (that rarely gets done). Downclimb the V0 at the far rightside of the boulder to get down or just walk off the backside.

Bonus Climbing:
There is a V7 sit that uses a left facing sidepull and a right hand crimp. Hard move to a bad left hand pinch and then a tension move to a right hand side pull. Fire up to a good left hand sidepull on the Kind and finish the Kind.

Another V7 (or 8?) starts on the jug to the kind and takes a right hand gaston with a good thumb catch left heelhook and make a hard move to a decent left hand crimp. Reach up to a good crimp with the right, match, then traverse right to finish the kind. This is called Mr. Wimpy.

To my knowledge the direct finish has yet to be completed (risking a tree in your back), but beware I've broken dinner plate size holds off this climb.