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Flakey Tigress

5.8, Sport, 25 ft (8 m),  Avg: 2.2 from 62 votes
FA: Rona Distenfeld
Texas > Austin Area > Reimers Ranch > Serpent Wall

Description

Route heads towards large flake near the top. Footwork is the key to this route.

Location

Located on the dead cats annex.

Protection

Four bolts & anchor chains.

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Left to right, Flakey Tigress (chains only), Antivenin, Moraccan Snake Charmer, Sidewinder, KB5 (chains and 2 bolts), and Blank Page (chains and one bolt.
[Hide Photo] Left to right, Flakey Tigress (chains only), Antivenin, Moraccan Snake Charmer, Sidewinder, KB5 (chains and 2 bolts), and Blank Page (chains and one bolt.
Flakey Tigress
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Jonny Greenlee
Denver, CO
[Hide Comment] This route is on the same wall as the routes listed under Serpent's Wall, to the right of Dead Cats. Not sure if the Dead Cats Annex is just another name for that wall, because there is a single wall with about 10ish routes with no obvious break that seems to get listed as either Serpents or Annex. Jul 23, 2012
Evan Johnson
Boulder, CO
  5.8
[Hide Comment] This is true Jonny, not sure how to move it there though. Nov 15, 2012
LeeAB Brinckerhoff
Austin, TX
[Hide Comment] Done. Nov 15, 2012
[Hide Comment] Some call this 5.7 and some 5.8. I think the difference is in how you get to the first two bolts. After that, I think it's no harder than 5.4.

I've seen a lot of people struggle with the start, which is probably the crux. Oct 23, 2016
Alexandros Kazantzidis
College Station, TX
  5.7+
[Hide Comment] I am not sure if this deserves the 5.8 rating, there are a few moves near the bottom that aren't super-straightforward, but from what I recall, everything after the second bolt is super-easy.
I am a 5'11'' and reasonably flexible guy though, for someone who is shorter, or less flexible, or both, the first few moves might feel pretty hard. May 25, 2022