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Jeremy - onsight lead

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The Classics

Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for Mini Fortress Area:
Power Booster   5.5     Trad, TR   L-Buttress
Dusty Problem   5.6     Trad, TR   First Fortress
Poison Vines   5.7     Trad, TR, 35 feet   L-Buttress
Surprise Ending   5.7+     Trad, TR   First Fortress
Loose Rock   5.8     TR, 40 feet   L-Buttress
George of the Jungle   5.8+     Trad, TR   Square Block Buttress
Nemesis   5.9     TR   Square Block Buttress
Glacier Calf Moo   5.9     Trad, TR   Fortress Wall Buttress
I don't remember...   5.9     TR   L-Buttress
Hammer   5.9     TR, 40 feet   L-Buttress
Pojama People   5.9+     TR   Square Block Buttress
Watch My Monkey   5.11-     TR   Square Block Buttress
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Jeremy - onsight lead

Surprise Ending 5.7+  MN : Blue Mounds SP (Luverne) : ... : First Fortress
Follow the main crack up the nose of the buttress while also using the face to its left. Find good protection until the crack terminates and you find the surprise ending. Sew this part up to protect the crux blank face block that leads to the top. I’ve gone left and right on the crux face and found both pretty hard for 5.7 (thus why I added the +, when I normally just input the guidebook ratings.)...[more]   Browse More Classics in MN