American Nirvana  5.11c

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Type:  Sport, 1 pitch, 100 feet Consensus:  5.11c [details] FA:  Submitted By:  Jon Rhoderick on Oct 14, 2012 You & This Route  |  Other Opinions (2) Your todo list: Your stars: Your rating: -none- [change] Your ticklist: [add new tick]

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Description 

Another great shady sport route on the Llama wall. Climbs like a stiffer version of Entering Relativity, expect similar well featured footholds and mostly great holds. After a solo to the first bolt climb moderate and positive climbing heading towards a large pocket. Here the crux of a finger lock, gastons, and positive crimps stays on ya till you reach positive jugs. After the final crack sequence, which starts off as a left facing lieback into a right facing lieback. You could place an optional piece here but if your used to Smith bolting you won't have trouble here. On a rock quality and asthetics standpoint, I don't think it warrants the 4 star rating in the book (especially compared to Blackened) but American Nirvana offers great climbing

Location 

To the left of Blackened. The route starts soloing up a small juggy vert section to a ledge to the first bolt.

Protection 

Bolts and an optional finger size piece for the finish