Type: Trad, 70 ft (21 m)
GPS: 39.9787, -105.4551
FA: Matt Wilder
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Shared By: Chris Deuto on Jan 15, 2023
Admins: Leo Paik, John McNamee, Frances Fierst, Monty, Monomaniac, Tyler KC

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This legendary Matt Wilder pitch has gained notoriety over the years as one of the most intense and difficult trad routes anywhere. We all know about the multiple groundfalls and broken backs that have occurred on Viceroy, and yet the climb still attracts attention - maybe because it holds that infamy, or because the upper section offers some of the best granite climbing around.

Start by skipping bolts and sending Crank It on gear. The lower crux protects well with small cams and crashpads, but the dihedral is generally flared and unsafe until the very top. Place a few good pieces at Crank It’s anchors, then embark on a delicate slab crux which feels desperate and scary. Gain the final overhanging arete, place your last pieces, and fire the airy boulder problem on the beautiful, blank exposed block.

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It is the extension to Crank It that climbs the obvious arete.

Protection Suggest change

Small cams and wires to 2”.

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