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Crystal Curse

Name: Crystal Curse
Rating: 3.0

5.12b YDS 7b French 26 Ewbanks VIII+ UIAA 26 ZA E5 6b British

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	Candee Connection S 5.12d 7c 28 IX 28 E6 6b
	Crystal Curse S 5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b
	Free Candy S 5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a

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Type:	Sport, 80 ft (24 m)
GPS:	39.7153, -107.69095
FA:	Jeff Hansen July 2019
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Shared By:	Chufflord Extraordinaire on Jul 8, 2019 · Updates
Admins:	Alvaro Arnal, Leo Paik, John McNamee, Frances Fierst, Monty, Monomaniac, Tyler KC Page Updates (admin only)

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Description

Another great headwall in Rifle guarded by some steep powerful cave climbing. Cursed with a geological nightmare of choss, spending approximately 219 hours digging through millions of years worth of about 38 cubic tons of old corral and the shattering of a beautiful crystal by a greedy FA-ist this route has now been lifted of the curse and has become a very worthy tick in a very cool position perched on the morning side of the canyon. Expect sustained power endurance climbing on mostly good holds followed by a very fun technical slightly past vertical headwall.

Stick clip the second bolt. There is also a belay/dog/child bolt if needed.

Location

Locate the trail, step across the Bauhaus port-a-john runoff, walk through the Rifle jungle and onto the scree aka seashell graveyard. You can see the route from here, walk to the hand line that lets to the big ledge from where you belay and or climb from.