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Finding Forester 

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Type: Sport, 1 pitch, 80 feet
Consensus: 5.8+ [details]
FA: Jim Meyer & Cody Montoya
Submitted By: eDixon on Aug 28, 2008

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BETA PHOTO: Travis leading Finding Forester. August 2009.

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Description 

This is a good pitch of moderate, fun, face climbing that leads to the top of the wall.


Location 

This is the second route upstream from the knotted rope.


Protection 

Bolts. Per Dylan Weldin: bring a 0.75 to protect crux.



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By lance hadfield
From: tijeras
Oct 4, 2009

Is this the climb with a long run out just left of Vertical Alluvium? I saw some people climb it and all have used gear to get between some of the bolts, I think past the second or third.

By TWPalmer
Oct 21, 2009
rating: 5.8

Yes, Finding Forester is just left of Vertical Alluvium. The biggest problem is not that it is runout, but more the fact that a fall anywhere before clipping the second bolt will probably result in a ground fall. The good thing is it is easy climbing. If you have doubts, it is easily set up as a toprope.

By S.Mckinna
From: Durango, CO
May 31, 2011

This is the 2nd route upstream from the knotted rope.

By Dylan Weldin
From: Durango, CO
Oct 19, 2011
rating: 5.9

Second route upstream, bring a 0.75 to protect crux, and I felt it was harder than the route "hotness" to the left.... This thing also has half the bolts and is around the same height.

By Jim Meyer
Feb 27, 2012
rating: 5.8+ R

I put this up in 2009 as a tribute to a friend (Jimmy Forester) killed while climbing in Mexico. Yes!!!..bring a 0.75 to protect the "run out". It's EASY climbing between those two bolts. The cam is pretty damn solid if placed in the horizontal part of that crack. You gotta look for it. Thanks for the comments and for climbing it. Jimmy was an amazing friend, climber, father, brother, and son. He is dearly missed.

www.friendsofforester.com

P.S. - up top stay out on the face. Don't venture right to the big crack. This creates a bit of fun!

By Jim Meyer
Feb 27, 2012
rating: 5.8+ R

P.S. - My partner on the FA was Cody Montoya. And it is now the second route after you descend the rope.