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Grateful Head

Name: Grateful Head
Rating: 1.8

5.9+ YDS 5c French 17 Ewbanks VI UIAA 17 ZA E1 5a British

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	Cold Nipples and Busch T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Cryptic T,TR 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Expropigation T,TR 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Grateful Head S,TR 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
	Great Full Body T,TR 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Lean Into It S 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
	Servant of the Bones T,S 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Smiling Mortician, The T,TR 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
	Unnamed corner to dirty crack T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Unnamed thin hands through bulge T 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Watusi Afterworld S,TR 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a

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Type:	Sport, TR, 80 ft (24 m)
GPS:	40.20413, -105.32292
FA:	Pon & Mills
Page Views:	1,327 total · 7/month
Shared By:	JF M on Feb 19, 2011
Admins:	Leo Paik, John McNamee, Frances Fierst, Monty, Monomaniac, Tyler KC Page Updates (admin only)

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Access Issue: MM 23-29.5 - now ended daily CO 7 highway closure/delays Details

Per Climbing Puerto Rico: the daily CO 7 highway closure/delay access issue is no longer a problem according to CDOT the construction finished as of Nov. 11, 2022.

From CDOT: Colorado Highway 7 is closed daily from MP 23-29.5. Motorists can only travel through the area between 6-8 am and 4-7 pm. During these timeframes, pilot cars will lead alternating one-way travel. Drivers should plan for delays, and this schedule will remain in place through Memorial Day 2022.

During the closure, motorists need to take US 36 to CO 7.

codot.gov/projects/co7-lyon…

Description

Climb up a slab, over 2 lumps, and past a little pine tree. The crux is working out toward the edge of the south-face on moderately thin feet, going up, and over.

Hiro adds:
After you get up onto the rib, it's easy going, the middle of the route is the difficult stuff. Also note that there's a nice, healthy, little tree below the second (?) bolt (a pin actually), which gets in the way of the rope. I went right to avoid the rope on the the tree, and used a shoulder length runner to keep the rope away from the tree/rock. My partner went left of the tree (which I think is easier climbing) but spent the time to try to get the rope over and around the tree