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The Cross Joint

V11+, Boulder, 25 ft (8 m),  Avg: 3 from 1 vote
FA: Matt Gentile
Arizona > Northern Arizona > Northern AZ Bou… > Flagstaff Bould… > Priest Draw Area > Priest Draw > Puzzle Box

Description

Climb R God but instead of topping out, continue right through the headwall into the ending pinches of pufferfish, then finish out via Chandler Dub Allstars. Lots of footwork trickery and endurance.

Protection

3-4 crash pads

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Devin .
[Hide Comment] Beta at 12:48 of this video:
m.youtube.com/watch?v=wnprj… Oct 8, 2023
Joel Unema
[Hide Comment] Toe hooking the lip drops the grade on this one (and Pink Lightning Ultra, and Chandler Dub) The real line (as most things on this roof) is certainly an eliminate, but the FA and grade were done specifically avoiding the lip toe hooks. Go hands first at the finish for the grade.

I hesitate to chime in with all the hate that's been going Devin's way, as I harbor no ill will towards Devin. I have no problem with your adding of existing or new linkups to the Draw, I think it's great. That being said. The grades of these problems are all essentially based on them being eliminates and changing sequences by using the lip "early" drops the grades. I've done pretty much all these problems both ways and I enjoy them both, but they do have different difficulties because of these different methods. Oct 12, 2023