Romancing the Stone 5.10c
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| Type: | Sport, 1 pitch, 60 feet |
| Consensus: | 5.10c [details] |
| FA: | Ted Hammond, 1986 |
| Submitted By: | Patrick Bagley on Oct 25, 2006 |
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Jeff on Romancing just before the traverse right.....
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Description Romancing the Stone is the most distinguishable climbs at 5.8 Crag, as is follows the first line you see as you approach the cliff. The first third of the climb is characterized by technical 5.10 face climbing that is punctuated by an exit move on the "romancing stone," an brick sized tooth that has been wobbly for as long as anyone can remember. In the immortal advice of Tenacious D, use this hold "gently." A rest of sorts can be found before launching into a pumpy traverse and jug haul to the chains.
Location Romancing the Stone is found at the center of 5.8 crag. If approaching from the road, this will be the first climb you see.
Protection 6 bolts, with a two bolt anchor up top.
Nicole, quite cold on Romancing...
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Nicole kurth makes a clip from a funky rest... Jef...
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John K. talking dirty to the stone
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| Comments on Romancing the Stone |
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By Chris Duca
Administrator
From: Hinesburg, Vermont
Jul 15, 2007
rating: 5.10b
| The stone is gone! Should the route be renamed to, perhaps, Removing the Stone, or Retrieving the Stone? |
By lee hansche
Administrator
From: goffstown, nh
Jul 16, 2007
| it had been there for so long, how did it come out...crazy...
as for the name game i belive in the movie "romancing the stone" they do remove the stone, so the name could still fit the movie its named for... |
By Mrs Cracklover
From: Denver, more or less
Nov 5, 2007
| Reminiscing the stone? (t. georgewitz's idea) |
By matthewWallace
From: plymouth, nh
Mar 20, 2009
rating: 5.10c
| this route also has a fun direct exit, which goes straight up from the fourth bolt when you then place gear, the is an anchor up there, beware this variation doesn't see much traffic so the variation is kind of dirty |
By christopher adams
Jul 6, 2009
rating: 5.10c
| "rest of sorts" is hands free rest 1/3 the way up the route.. move your feet over left, and just lay in the corner. |
By twellman
Jul 16, 2009
| An excellent climb! I'd say the climbing tends to get easier as you go, but you also get more pumped, so it feels like a nice constant difficulty the whole way through if you take your level of exhaustion into account. I'll be back on this again in the near future. |
By Mike Thompson
From: Manchester NH
Aug 7, 2009
| ....soo pumpy....ouch... |
By lee hansche
Administrator
From: goffstown, nh
Apr 26, 2010
| today i clipped the first bolt then did the rest on gear... actually protected better than i thought it would... leading them on gear is a cool way to make the old routes feel new again... |
By lee hansche
Administrator
From: goffstown, nh
Sep 24, 2010
| i hate how greasy the bottom moves have gotten... i would do it more and like it more if it still had friction like in the old days :) |
By S. Neoh
Sep 24, 2010
rating: 5.10c/d
| OK, Lee, about the old days, how long ago? I got on the route just a while back after not climbing it for about 10 years. Half way up, I got quite confused! The route had changed(!) because some bolts were moved around(?). Seems to have more of a traverse now. Not sure if the loss of the 'stone' had anything to do with it, though. |
By lee hansche
Administrator
From: goffstown, nh
Sep 25, 2010
| im just joking about the "old days" but ive been climbing this line often for about 12ish years and over that time it has gotten pretty polished on the first half... i felt like the loss of the stone made that move easier but it was never a hard move to begin with so no biggie there... still a good route but not worth the hype IMO... a good warm up for 5.12ish stuff... |
By Matt Wilson
From: Bethel, Vermont, USA
Mar 8, 2012
| 20 feet? I'm guessing that is a typo.... |
By lee hansche
Administrator
From: goffstown, nh
Mar 9, 2012
| i changed it to 60... |
By Ryan Barber
From: Rumney, NH
Jun 2, 2012
| A good climb for laps. |
By Eric Heiden
From: Derry, NH
4 days ago
| I managed to pump off on my flash attempt on this as I was throwing blindly for the first big huge jug near the end and missed.
Heartbreaking. |
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