Very sunny mostly south facing cliff. Pretty secluded due to the lack of routes. Rock quality is somewhat questionable in most areas.
This wall is home to only 3 routes, from left to right
(01) Project (02) Child of Light - Currently the hardest route at Datil. (03) Unknown (5.13a)
Child of Light was originally graded 5.14a by Timmy and has since been down graded to 5.13+ but I've heard it is still quite hard and it sees very few ascents. The project is rumored to be harder but I've heard that it has a bad habit of loosing holds, so potential suitors tend to loose interest.
Getting There
Drive or walk up the canyon from the tower a little ways untill you see the obvvious steep wall on the left side of the road with a couple of nice looking balck streaks
The Classics
Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for Renaissance Wall:
By Monomaniac Administrator From: Morrison, CO Mar 9, 2009
I tried that bastard twice a year for 3 years (Child Of Light), and made zero progress. I could do every move, but I could never link more than 3 moves in the business. I guess its just not my thing. Helps to keep me humble (ya right!).
Based on your attemps, what do you think of CoL being down graded from .14a to .13c? It does not seem to me like a lot of people have done it.
By Monomaniac Administrator From: Morrison, CO Mar 9, 2009
Dale Goddard downrated it to 13d, and then Garth Miller flashed it, and that's when people started saying 13c. I think its probably more like 13d. Garth Miller has onsighted 14a, so the simple fact that he flashed it doesn't mean it can't be 13d. I know for a fact that Boone Speed spent several days on it and didn't send (see "Three Weeks & A Day").
I have a lot of difficulty trying to grade boulder problem routes. I think the YDS doesn't work very well on short cruxy climbs. As a boulder problem I would estimate V10, which I guess if I had to, I would say equates to ~13d in YDS terms. Anyway, if I were writing a guidebook, I'd call it 13d.
Its easy to fall into the trap of assuming if you can do route A, but you can't do route B, then route B must be harder. It might just be that you're relatively good at the Route A type of climbing, and/or bad at the Route B climbing style. That's certainly the case with me & CoL.
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