E9 or Leading Cause variation right side. 

brad.....

I belive "leading cause" was originally called "leading cause of death" and was done by the late Paul Duvall and a Quebecoise in the late 70's early 80's, I remember him telling me about owls head when I lived in the black hills in SD.

-Casey

Casey,

In my research i too have found the name of this route to be Leading Cause... of Death. Although in my notes i have Joe Landry doing the First ascent. Did Paul Duvall specifically tell you he did the FA of this route? Paul certainly did do many quality routes on Owls Head.

yes he did say that was a first ascent, he did also mention several other bolted slabs. I thought of him the other week when a partner and I did Dartmouth Corner, its too bad that he's gone. I had a blast climbing with Paul in the needles and he worked me up to climbing in Mexico with him, super nice guy.

Mr. Powers you dont by any chance climb alot in Vermont do you?

I spend most of my time climbing in Vermont.

It's been a while but I'm almost positive that Joe landry free this with paul after paul used a bit of aid.