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Nov 2, 2025
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Long-time contributor here. The name of this route is Squawstruck. Tristan and his FA partners who built th…
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Nov 27, 2022
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Did this route for the third time on November 26, 2022. We were a party of 5 with reasonable scrambling ski…
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Sep 8, 2014
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John: Eldo climbing is tricky and has its own flavor. Nothing is straightforward; everything is a sidepull…
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Aug 7, 2014
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That is not the Bishop's Scepter. Hard to tell from this angle, but it might be the Black Knight. The Bisho…
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Aug 7, 2014
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William: climb all the summits, or none of them, or take the ones you like. All of them can be bypassed if…
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Aug 7, 2014
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P1: Cool and varied, but best led by someone comfortable leading above the grade. Some runouts and routefin…
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Aug 1, 2014
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The new bolts are great, Mike. Many thanks. I agree the holds are slick but felt OK this morning. Get o…
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Jul 27, 2014
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The death flake pitch is great. Best pitch on the climb. To keep the crux pitch at 10a, you have to tra…
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Jul 24, 2014
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P1 is 5.9 for more than a short section. Felt pretty sustained to me, with at least two and maybe three dis…
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Jul 21, 2014
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The spire directly behind (north of) the Petit Grepon is called the Penknife. Here's an alternate descent…
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Jul 21, 2014
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Highly recommended as a descent from the Petit Grepon. From the summit of the Petit, rappel 100' to the no…
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Jul 1, 2014
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Climbed this route before work this morning. Three words: fun, fun, fun. We did the lower section as two…
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Jun 24, 2014
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Spectacular position and interesting climbing. The first pitch is insecure and sustained at 10a for a good…
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Jun 12, 2014
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Climbed The Bulge for the first time this morning, and it is wonderful. If this is not the cleanest modera…
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Jun 5, 2014
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Climbed this route twice in the past two weeks. First time I had some trouble routefinding, particularly f…
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Sep 7, 2010
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Actually, the square-topped tower on the right is the White Knight, and the pointy tower connected to it is…
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Jul 13, 2009
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Bill Briggs provided the inspiration for Bill Wright and I to do this route. He has climbed the route seve…
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Sep 6, 2006
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This is the best of the short routes high on the East Face of the First Flatiron. The crux is short and se…
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Jun 28, 2006
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Warren Teissier, John Prater, and I climbed Super Star on June 17, 2006. Conditions were very good. Overn…
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Nov 1, 2005
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I climbed this wonderful route with Rick Accomazzo this morning. This is perhaps my fourth or fifth time o…
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Nov 1, 2005
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Rick Accomazzo and I found the ropeless downclimb off the Fifth Flatiron for the first time this morning.…
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Sep 13, 2005
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I climbed this route again this morning (September 13, 2005) with Rick Accomazzo. Kevin is right about the…
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Jan 14, 2003
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This is the easiest and best climb on the Fifth Flatiron. Most of the climb is quite easy, and there are a…
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Jan 14, 2003
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After climbing this route this morning, I can confirm that it is considerably more difficult than the F4 (5…
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Aug 8, 2001
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The first pitch of this route can be intimidating for a beginning leader, as the first protection is 15-20…
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