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Vixen 

5.11a

   

FA: Richard Wright, 1998.
Type: Sport
Consensus: 5.10+ [details]
Length: 1 pitch
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Submitted By: Ramin Jamshidi on Jan 1, 2001


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Pulling the ceiling. The crux is clipping and reac...


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This is an excellent route with a brief cruxy section up to and over a small roof. Both below and above this are fun slabby moves. The rating is a little soft (Refer Madness on this same wall is decidedly more difficult, for example), so if you're looking to claim your first 11 lead, this is a fun route for it!


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10 bolts; 2 bolt anchor. Tightly bolted.



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The crux thrutch. The feet are sketchy, and the hands are tips and slanting. The bolt is above the lip above Luke's head.

The crux thrutch. The feet are sketchy, and the ha...

Making the reach over the ceiling using a small flake on the left. You can instead lean out off a two tip sidepull with your right hand and reach the jug to the left of Luke directly.

Making the reach over the ceiling using a small fl...

The route ends at the roof above Luke. The climbing from the crux roof to the anchors is fun 5.9 with interesting moves back and forth on sloped holds and some big pockets. A project goes out left through the roofs above and left of Luke. A 12 goes through the roofs right of Luke.

The route ends at the roof above Luke. The climbin...

Mike bunched up in the crux.

Mike bunched up in the crux.


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By Leo Paik
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From: Westminster, Colorado
Mar 5, 2002
rating: 5.10b

Might soft. 10b is more like it. Nonetheless, really fun!

By allen light
From: Sherman, Texas
May 3, 2003

For the totally bored, there is a nearly completely independent from Vixen and Hey Good Lookin' is a super-squeezed in between TR variation named in honor of Alan Light called Squeezing in a bit of Texas. Maybe 11a if Vixen is 11a.

By Anonymous Coward
Aug 6, 2003

If you don't mind looking stupid, which I don't, you can "saddle up" on the horn right over the roof and get a no hands, no foot rest. At 98 degrees F this allows for one to needlessly overchalk. JM

By Anonymous Coward
Mar 25, 2004

What is the second pitch to this? It goes up the upside down v and then pulls the roof. Has anyone done it?

By Anonymous Coward
Mar 28, 2004

Real trad rating: 5.9-.

By Doug Redosh
Jul 6, 2005
rating: 5.10d

Fun route, no way 9-.

By Ivan Rezucha
Nov 23, 2008

I'm glad at least a few people think this is harder than the 10c guidebook rating. I was desperate under the ceiling despite having the advantage of a double draw hanging from the bolt over the lip. Once I got the jug, the ceiling itself was easy.

By Crag Dweller
From: Denver, CO
Jul 26, 2009

This is a fun climb. It's definitely not 11 once you get past the roof. IMO, the climbing past the roof is, as my buddy said, not memorable. Moving through the roof is fun, though, and I'd give it at least a hard 10 rating. It's a little heady for the clip protecting that section because the holds are a bit sketchy and there are a couple features below that have the potential to make a fall nasty.

By Sean Wolf
From: Golden, CO
Aug 7, 2009
rating: 5.11a

I took a fall at the roof and it went clean. Did anyone else use the beta where you throw yourself up to get your butt sitting on the huge horn just left of the clip? Awesome rest! I thought the climbing above the roof was decent. The big ledges for your feet at most of the clips take away some excitement, but I felt that the climbing was good.

By slim
Aug 24, 2009
rating: 5.10b

Annoying novelty clip over the roof, almost earns it a bomb.