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Ruchert Motion

Name: Ruchert Motion
Rating: 3.5

5.13a YDS 7c+ French 29 Ewbanks IX+ UIAA 29 ZA E6 6c British

Routes in 5) Burning Buttress

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	Ad Lib S 5.12d 7c 28 IX 28 E6 6b
	Blood Meridian T 5.12+ 7c 28 IX 27 E6 6b
	Blue Brains T 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
	Broken Sling T 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a PG13
	Burning Calves T 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Chorus Line T 5.12b/c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b
	East Meets West T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Fade to Black S 5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b
	Grace Note S 5.12c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b
	Happy Hands T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Rod Serling Crack T 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Ruchert Motion S 5.13a 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E6 6c
	Spiderwand T 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Sportster, The S 5.13b 8a 29 IX+ 30 E7 6c
	Steve Martin's Face T 5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a
	Stuck in Another Direction T,TR 5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b
	Wham Bam Thanks for the Jam T 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Will To Power, The T 5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a R

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Type:	Sport, 70 ft (21 m)
FA:	Rick Thompson, Carl Samples 1994
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Access Issue: NO DRONES ON NATIONAL PARKLANDS Details

All of the crags within the New River Gorge proper are on national parklands, and drone use is prohibited here. There has been some discussion about places to launch drones that are not on park property, and then flying them over the gorge. This is super poor form; don't do it. Park regulations prohibit all drone use over the boundaries without a permit.

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Ruchert Motion is an excellent slabby testpiece that will test both your finger strength and edging ability. Definitely save this one for a cold, crisp day.

After figuring out the devious opening moves, intricate edging, pockets, and high stepping gradually builds to the crux around the 4th bolt: an ultra low-percentage rightward traverse toward a seam. There are several ways to do this, but about all of them will frustrate you in finding a critical right foot while holding onto quarter-pad slimpers. From the crux, continue with several more moves that you can definitely mess up before reaching the security of a finger crack.

Shorter climbers might find the opening moves to be the crux and taller climbers might think this one is quite soft for the grade, especially considering the route to the right is only graded 12b.