Hippos on Parade 

i agree that this line is better than lies... i first climbed it as a spicy gear route and though i dont often say this im happy they retrobolted it...

I thought this was called "Hippos on Parade."

Maybe it is Jay. I'm pretty ambivilant when it comes to route history...
If you are sure about the name, I'd be happy to change it.
I named it this because it was what the guidebook called it (but that was the trad route and took a tiny bit of a different line).

I'm not sure...I have heard it called Hippos, but this doesn't mean much.

This route is Hippos on Parade. Attack of life is the crack and slab to the left of this

Hippos on Parade is the sport line....and it goes at 5.8

This route is 5.8 for the taller climber but the crux can feel more like 5.9 for the short climber. Great route though.

Speaking up for the vertically-challenged among us - this route felt harder than 5.8 to me (and I am short). It is a cool addition to the crag.
Easily 2.5 stars!

im tall and i always felt 5.9 was right...

So I was looking at the old guide book and I was wondering if anyone had any insight to the old trad line 'Attack of Life'. I have been trying to do as many Rumney routes as possible on gear and noticed this one in the old guide. It seems to have followed the 'Hippo's on Parade' line then broke right to the anchors of 'Lies and Propaganda'.

The guide says that it had 2 bolts and a pin. Does anyone know where these were located. I would like to do the route in the original style.

when i did it i followed the current line then broke right, as you said, and clipped a pin just before making the last few moves on to the ledge... not sure if the pin is still there... it was pretty spicy from what i remember...

Fun. Enjoyable climbing up to the crux, and a great chance for a sub-10 climber to try some pretty overhanging stuff with a thought-provoking traverse at the crux.

Really great route, with slightly overhanging wall and big moves between good jugs. There is a definite crux, which is grabbing onto the large flake/jug. Mantling onto the ledge immediately after the crux is also a fun move. Definently worth doing for the 5.8 climber.

I have always said this is a 5.9. Im no sure about the downgrade on this one in the new guide...

Downgrade? I could be mistaken, but I feel as though I've always seen this at .8+... If you follow the chalk you're being sandbagged...

Given .8+ in Ward's Guide but feels like a .9 to me.

I think the guidebook 5.8 is accurate, even for short people (I'm about 5'4''). The crux reach felt easier than some of 5.9's and even some 5.8's I've done in the gym.

I am even shorter(5 feet) and I thought it was a 5.8 or 5.8+ if you go out to the right a bit to get over that bulge. Great fun route, close to the parking lot, overall best for a warmup in my opinion.