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Metaphysical Fictions

5.11a/b, Sport,  Avg: 1.8 from 5 votes
FA: Charles Walters and Brian Mullin
Colorado > Canon City > Shelf Rd > Gallery > Menses Prow

Description

This a quality route that meanders up the face. Once off the ground, pull a few moves on suspect rock. After this, the quality improves to really fun pulling on comfortable pockets. Pull the small roof and meander slightly right to the anchors.

Location

Walk a couple hundred yards past the Bulge Wall. This is the first route you encounter walking up to the Phenomenology Wall. It is the right-most route, next to Abscessed Words To Climb.

Protection

9 bolts, 2 bolt anchor.

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The route works up the left of the crack then work right at the top.
[Hide Photo] The route works up the left of the crack then work right at the top.

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Glenn Schuler
Monument, Co.
  5.11a/b PG13
[Hide Comment] The flake that is used to clip the first bolt flexes, be careful. Better yet stick clip it.
Big runouts on rap bolted routes are lame. That said, this is a rad climb with some great pocket pulling. An additional bolt, some cleaning at the bottom and this thing would easily be three stars. Mar 20, 2013
Steve Tragesser
Colorado Springs, CO
[Hide Comment] I thought the first 3/4 of the route was excellent and well-protected, but I was confused about the top section above the horizontal section of crack. The bolts are right in the middle of the face - halfway between the crack on the left and the arete on the right. The face seemed way harder than 11a, so I stayed in the crack (10+?) which made the relative location of the bolts pretty spicy. Going right to the arete looked about the same or even a bit spicier.

Seems like a theme I see a lot at Shelf. True bolt line is harder than the rating, climbing two feet to the side is easier than the rating. Apr 26, 2021