It's Time For Change 5.8
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| Type: | Trad, Sport, 1 pitch, 90 feet |
| Consensus: | 5.8 [details] |
| FA: | Ron Olsen and Bob D'Antonio, 1/20/09 |
| New Route: | Yes |
| Submitted By: | Ron Olsen on Jan 20, 2009 |
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Getting ready to mount the very fractured arete.
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Description It's Time For Change is dedicated to Barack Obama, who was inaugurated as the 44th President of the United States on the day of the first ascent. Fun moves and exhilarating exposure make this one of the best moderate routes at the crag. Climb Night Moves past the first three bolts to a good ledge. Continue up a short right-facing corner to another ledge. Stem up a steep dihedral and pull left onto an airy arete (crux). Follow the arete to the anchor. Note: Climb almost straight up the arete; don't go too far left or you'll miss the bolts and the anchor.
Location On the big shelf on the left side of the Bihedral, where Night Moves and Diamonds and Rust begin. The route shares the first three bolts with Night Moves before splitting off to the left.
Protection 8 bolts and three optional gear placements (yellow Alien, green #.75 and yellow #2 Camalots). Two-bolt anchor with lowering hooks. Strong leaders may be happy with just the bolts.
Lucy cleaning the anchor on It's Time For Change.
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| Comments on It's Time For Change |
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By Richard M. Wright From: Lakewood, CO Jan 26, 2009
| Nice addition guys. I was wondering if someone else would have put up a commemorative route on such an auspicious day. My own commemorating was a new crag, Inaugural Crag, and a new route installed, prepped, and ready to go, but not yet red pointed (Ascendancy). The change has begun. |
By John Maguire From: Boulder, CO Feb 7, 2009 rating: 5.8+
| Really fun route and great place to climb sport. Nice to see you on the climb, Ron. Thanks again for all your work here. |
By George Bell From: Boulder, CO Mar 22, 2009
| Fun route with some wild moves! Let's hope the crux block doesn't feel it's time for change. There are several loose appearing blocks near the crux but upon closer inspection they seem solidly wedged. |
By jcntrl From: Smoulder, CO May 9, 2009 rating: 5.8
| Beware some loose rock in the crack near the crux block towards the top. It shouldn't be a problem, just be mindful of what you pull on (as you should always...). Bolts are where you need 'em, but there is a section of fairly runout easy climbing. No problem; bring some gear if it makes you feel better, or just keep your wits about you as you make easy moves to the next bolt. |
By Jay Eggleston From: Littleton May 12, 2009
| Fun route, but there is some very suspect rock making up the arete. Hope it does not "Change" any time soon. |
By Sonny Jeon May 20, 2009
| Good fun route with some nice exposure. There is definitely some loose rock. I nearly pulled off a chicken head while climbing it near the second bolt. Looks like people use that hold a lot, and it's bound to go sometime. Some of the boulders on the arete also looks suspect. They are bomber now, but may loosen up after time. |
By Tom Shelly Aug 25, 2009
| I also agree with the previous post's about the large rock right below bolt #7 at the crux. It was very loose when I arrived at the crux and I stopped the climb because of it. It needs to be cleared off safely by strapping it and lowering it down. Being that it is right at the crux, I would not climb this route till it is taken care of properly. |
By Tony B From: Around Boulder, CO Jun 16, 2010 rating: 5.8
| The loose block is a detractor. That thing is more than big enough to kill a belayer or several people on the lower left crag. It would pinball down the corner right to the belayer too- so death is not some remote possibility, it is real. This should be cleaned in a controlled fasion with a verified CLEAR lower tier. Otherwise, the route is long and varied, and so not bad. |
By David A From: Broomfield, CO Sep 21, 2011
| I'm down for the trundling expedition for the loose block. |
By George Bracksieck May 4, 2012
| Seems like all of the loose blocks are still there. The 15x12-inch block wedged like a chockstone may actually help keep the much bigger one on its right from collapsing to the left. Maybe better to leave it. Just above, the next-to-last (7th?) bolt is placed in a big block that vibrated when I pounded on it with my hand. Alpine training or Russian roulette? |
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