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Soylent Green Jeans 

5.9+

   

FA: Paul and Pauline VanBetten
Type: Trad
Consensus: 5.9+ [details]
Length: 1 pitch, 120 feet
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Submitted By: rockratrei on Mar 2, 2007


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Description 

Climb the positive leaning corner and crack up to the roof (crux) pull through the roof and continue up the weird crack to an alcove.


Location 

Start at the base of a large pine tree.
Rap off a tree behind the route and off to the east towards the parking lot.


Protection 

SR



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Brett getting in some pro before pulling the roof (crux) of Soylent Green Jeans. Fun climb!<br /><br />Taken 6/27/07

Brett getting in some pro before pulling the roof ...

If you want a little extra fun after doing Soylent Green Jeans, you can have a beautiful top out by continuing on some easy, fun 4th class, and low fifth class terrain (a few pitches long) You can descend via some really fun down climbing of the gullies, and a couple of short raps from natural pro to get you back to the base of SGG. What a blast!<br /><br />Taken 6/27/07

If you want a little extra fun after doing Soylent...

Soylent Gigi cruxes.

Soylent Gigi cruxes.

The crux overhang

The crux overhang

At this point the difficulties are behind you.

At this point the difficulties are behind you.

Went up with Jen today (10-17-2009) and led the route for the second time in the last 20 years. Great route!

Went up with Jen today (10-17-2009) and led the ro...


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By Francis Baker (fran)
From: Las Vegas,NV
Jun 4, 2007
rating: 5.9+

This is an excellent route! Start at the base of the upper large pine tree and follow the corner past a small pine, over a roof and belay atop the corner under a large ceiling(55m+/-). Walk east about 25' and scramble down to a tree with slings and rings. If you use this rap I suggest you bring a sling to replace the one there.

By John Hegyes
From: Las Vegas, NV
Jun 28, 2007
rating: 5.9

Okay, I can't hold back anymore.

This route is brought to you by Soylent red and Soylent yellow, high energy vegetable concentrates, and new, delicious, Soylent green. The miracle food of high-energy plankton gathered from the oceans of the world.

Sol: There was a world, once, you punk.
Det. Thorn: Yes, so you keep telling me.
Sol: I was there. I can prove it.
Det. Thorn: I know, I know. When you were young, people were better.
Sol: Aw, nuts. People were always rotten. But the world 'was' beautiful.

By Kevin Dahlstrom
Aug 18, 2008
rating: 5.9+ PG13

Good route -- unusual rock for Red Rocks (almost Yosemite-like). 120 feet of interesting and well-protected climbing through the roof then 60-70 feet of juggy 5.4 (or easier).

By billdlee
From: las vegas
Apr 20, 2009
rating: 5.9+

bring some extra webbing to back up the repel tree. The stuff up there is getting a little old as of April 15, 2009.

By billdlee
From: las vegas
Apr 20, 2009
rating: 5.9+

BTW, we repelled with a single 70 meter rope - we had about 15 feet of extra slack. a 60 should get you down, but you will need to downclimb a little. Just make sure you don't repel off the end of your 60m. The repel will put you near the base of the tall pine tree that is higher up and at the base of the climb.

By 1j1
Apr 20, 2009

walk off.

By Dan Meyers
From: Las Vegas, NV
Oct 20, 2009
rating: 5.10a

Great route!! The corner is super thin for us fat-fingered folk. At the pine tree, it looked tempting to go out right and climb the crack to the roof, but I foolishly went up the corner.... Happy to send again. A double set of cams from .4" to 1.5" in addition to a standard rack should do for the route. The belay takes big pieces - about 3.5" and larger. We 3rd classed (downclimbed) off.