Roid Boys is characterized by really easy climbing, with about 3 short steep sections moving through blocky overhangs. Finding the good exit holds or footholds in these sections is interesting. The 2nd roof is probably the crux, which requires that you cut your feet loose as you move from left to right. 'Roids would probably help.
The unusual flavor for an easier Diablo sport climb makes this one worth checking out, and the punctuated cruxes with good rests and easy ground in between make it seem easier than most at the grade here.
I think the FA deserves good credit for intelligent bolt placements on this route. (With these short boulder problem cruxes, falls onto ledges or slabs would've been possible, but the bolts are in perfect locations, so this is not an issue.)
Rap the route with one 60m rope (and PAY ATTENTION TO THE END OF IT- it will come up just a couple meters short of the ground, depending on rope stretch). Lowering off the end of the rope would hurt!
Location
Route 10 in beta photo. Toward the right side of Winter Wall- it's the 3rd sport climb from the right. Bradshaw's online guide photo may help.
By Jason Hundhausen From: Los Alamos, NM Dec 4, 2007 rating: 5.10a
In D. Jackson's book, Rock Climbing New Mexico, topo shows route #3 and calls it Roid Boys; this is not correct, #3 is Vitaman; Roid Boys is not shown on the topo map.
This route was established by some combination of Mark Thomas, Tom Wezwick, Karl Kiser, and Chris Kessler, all of whom worked together on several routes at Diablo and in particular on the Winter Wall.
Tom Wezwick and I climbed the crack to the right and put the anchor in (previously climbed because old sling found in crack). Mark Thomas then put up Roid Boys and placed the upper bolts so they could be used by both routes (rock at the top of the crack less than good).
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