Type: Sport, 70 ft (21 m)
FA: Carl Sampurna & Mark Roth, Oct. 6, 2022
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Shared By: Carl Sampurna on Oct 6, 2022
Admins: Leo Paik, John McNamee, Frances Fierst, Monty, Monomaniac, Tyler KC

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Description Suggest change

Pandammic is fun and pumpy and may feel harder during an onsight. The foot holds are generally better than the hand holds, except at the start & finish.

The start is a tough and reachy traverse left with only a few well-disguised, usable footholds on the way to a far-left jug.

The pocketed terrain above is easier, but some huecos between bolts 3-5 are much better than others, so choose wisely. Rest up if the start felt draining.

Bolts 6-8 bracket the crux, with marginal crimps, pinches, and sidepulls above decent foot holds.

No-hands resting is available just above the crux-exit jug.

The route finishes to the right at the last bolt, following slopers to a thin crimp on the lip, and an anchor-clipping jug hiding a bit further back, to the left.

Thanks to Mark Roth and the Flatirons Climbing Council for their indispensable help with this route!

Historical note - Jason's Flatirons guidebook has a similar line called "Two Bolt Mystery Route" with no known FA information. Both of those bolts were removed for this route: the lower one was off-route, and the upper was unsafe.

Location Suggest change

It is on the same wall and to the right of Panda Rigolo.

Follow the Royal Arch trail until 39.986160, -105.290327 where you exit into the woods on the right, just before some large rocks. Follow faint trails down to the gully and then up the other side, heading towards a SW-facing wall at 39.986247, -105.291660. An approach trail track is here https://www.mountainproject.com/approach-trail/123187450.

Protection Suggest change

Ten bolts to a Mussy hook anchor.

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