Type: Trad, 80 ft (24 m)
GPS: 38.51019, -109.59997
FA: Tom Gilje
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Shared By: jakobi on Jun 10, 2015
Admins: slim, Cory N, Perin Blanchard, GRK, David Crane, Nathan Fisher

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I'll start off by saying that this route was originally rated as 11+ but my partner and I both thought the crux was solid 12, perhaps holds have broken or perhaps Gilje is just a badass, either way expect to try hard on this route.
Begin scrambling left off the ledge past a drilled angle, climb through a chossy-looking face on solid jugs, side-pulls and underclings to where the crack begins. Follow the off-fingers crack up to a small roof where the crack pinches down to less than tips. Getting past the roof is very cryptic and physical and I won't say anymore as to not spoil it for those who come after. Beyond the roof you'll enter a flared chimney, and the crack opens up to accept your fingers once again. Squirm up the chimney, jamming the cack and getting occasional stances on features. Towards the top the crack pinches down to tips and tighter but features appear to keep things reasonable.
The word is that Gilje took the route beyond the current anchors to where the two routes would have shared a common anchor and from below it seems strange to end the climb below what looks like a splitter crack. Upon closer inspection the splitter is actually an offset seem and I have no doubt Gilje would've had the grit to pull it off but it would've upped the seriousness factor quite a bit as the seem looks hard and appears to be protectable with marginal rp's and maybe a micro cam here and there.

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The obvious flared chimney and the left route on the Grave Wall

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