Heavenly Path 

Heavenly Path is a great problem. DrTopo.com, however, is a site that collects advertisement money by ripping off other people's topos, like they did with Mick Ryan's Bishop topos. Take a look if you like, but if you find the topos useful, please purchase Bishop Bouldering by Mick Ryan and Wills Young and support the guys who actually did the work of putting these topos together.

PS, try Heavenly Path in the full moon sans pad or spotter for a little extra excitement, and revel in the heavenly glory!

A fantastic problem for the area, but nowhere near V1/.11-. If this were on a route, it'd be about 5.10a, if that.

intense high ball until you actually commit to the move and then it was straight forward and holds exactly where you need them over the lip.

take a up a collection for pads if it makes you feel better, no one will deny you the added foam.

What is the general feeling regarding whether this problem is chipped/manufactured?

I find it extremely unlikely that there is a perfectly spaced ladder of horizontal edges in the black patina (with a light scar above each one) right above the huge jug.

It's a great problem, but more than any other line here I suspect some manufacturing went into it.

Great problem, much easier once committed to as noted above.

Re: Peter's comment, I didn't get the feeling the holds were manufactured at all while up there. Of course, I was just focusing on the climb at that point. I don't see why anybody would manufacture holds on a V1?

I don't think these edges were chipped. Most of them are actually micro "flakes" and you can't really manufacture a flake (unless you're very talented and have too much time on your hands). This face is just blessed with perfect edges (look at 'Celestial Trail' to the right) and I completely agree with Will S, this is 5.9/.10a tops..

No way was this chipped. There was probably some loose edges on top of the existing holes, which broke off during cleaning with hands on the first ascent, or with feet on the 10,000 sends this route has seen since. It's not a V1, but it is REALLY fun!