Spidey

Finally, the king line of the Nomad Cave’s many gross roofs has been done. During several rests between project burns, I have looked at the obvious (and obviously hard) line of perfect crimps through the steepest part of the cave. I’m super stoked that Griffin got it done, naming the line Spidey and proposing V15. Daniel Woods made the third ascent of the line and proposed V14, after both Drew Ruana and Griff said V15. Then again, he was fresh off of the ascent of the world’s hardest boulder...whatever. This thing is hard and good.

Begin standing on the heavily chalked jug in the back of the cave, the same as Nomad Roof. Make a few moves on that line before launching into a brilliant sequence of perfect incut crimps and bad footholds until a good rail. Now, straddle the arete as the hands and feet get progressively worse, making a few very hard moves to a difficult (and terrifying) last superhero move to the finish hold, or the start jug of the route Express Yourself.

This gets four stars for perfect rock, amazing, flowing movement, and a unique finish at a logical jug. I have no doubt that due to the accessibility and dryness, Spidey will become one of the most popular 8B+’s on the Front Range.

It is in the middle of Nomad Cave in the steepest part of the roof. Start as for Freaks and Geeks/Nomad Roof, and end on Express Yourself’s start. Merge with the arete about halfway through the boulder. The line is obvious.

Several pads. Not only is this line long, but it has the worst landing in the cave, not to mention the last move.