Monster Slayer 5.13a
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| Type: | Sport, 1 pitch, 80 feet |
| Consensus: | 5.13a [details] |
| FA: | Peter Gram |
| New Route: | Yes |
| Submitted By: | Josh Smith on Mar 22, 2009 |
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BETA PHOTO: Peter pulling pockets on the start of Monster Slay...
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Description Clip the first three bolts of Cyclops, then go left. The crux is a short crimpfest with some pretty pumpy climbing above.
Location Look for the fixed chain draw on the grey bulge in the middle of the wall. This marks Monster Slayer.
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BETA PHOTO: Peter working through the crux bulge on Monster Sl...
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Peter on an early attempt of the Monster.
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Josh heads up into the crux of the route. August 2...
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| Comments on Monster Slayer |
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By Josh Smith
Mar 22, 2009
| First climbed by Peter Gram after a lengthy siege by numerous folks. The second ascent was by a visiting hardman named Jerry from Slovenia who onsighted it without breathing hard (he also went on an onsighting spree at the Dungeon, seriously impressing us locals). I think it's probably 13a. Peter thought it might be 12d. Jerry thought 13a, but he could have just been being polite. Regardless, it's in that range. |
By LeeAB
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From: ABQ, NM
Oct 3, 2009
rating: 5.13a
| The start is regretably tweaky on small pockets (at least for me, I'm not Mono) to a great rest. A strenuous traverse leads left to the obvious hold to clip the chain draw from. A great 4 move boulder problem (somewhere in the v6-7 range) gets one to a jug above. The climbing above is significantly easier.
If it was just the BP crux it would probably be 3-4 stars but the start detracts from the overall quality for me. |
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