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Type: Sport, 1 pitch, 50 feet
Consensus: 5.11c/d [details]
FA: Leo Henson & Randy Faulk - 1991
Submitted By: Josh Janes on Oct 1, 2003

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Description 

The namesake climb is pretty good (and soft for the grade?)... climb up very steep rock past some sharp incuts. Fun moves.


Protection 

A few bolts to a lower-off.



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On Sweet Pain

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T. Melin floats up Sweet Pain

T. Melin floats up Sweet Pain

me leading Sweet Pain in Red Rocks

me leading Sweet Pain in Red Rocks

The route. No harder than 11d

The route. No harder than 11d

Steve Dew crushing Sweet Pain

Steve Dew crushing Sweet Pain

Margaret sending Sweet Pain.

Margaret sending Sweet Pain.


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By M.Morley
Administrator
From: Sacramento, CA
Dec 21, 2004

Chad -- check out the description of the crag one level up at climbingredrocks.com/rock/db/second_pullout/sweet_pain_wall/. Hope this helps.

By Gary Savage
From: Las Vegas, NV
Feb 10, 2007

Sweet Pain is one of those soft Red Rocks routes. The grade is closer to 11c. It's still a great route just heavily grade inflated.

By John Soares
From: Corvallis, Or.
Feb 3, 2008
rating: 5.11c

very soft for the grade. 11c maybe... still fun!

By Jason Halladay
Administrator
From: Los Alamos, NM
Dec 29, 2008
rating: 5.11c/d

Keep an eye out for the huge sucker hold out left at the crux. :)

By Marc Wolak
Jan 20, 2009

Yeah ... I climbed Sweet Pain too. It was absolutely no problem.
As a matter of fact, unlike Chad Wolak, I did it with one hand tied behind my back. Yeah ... easy stuff. Give me somethin' harder to
climb; will ya?

By Colin Brochard
From: San Francisco
Dec 9, 2010
rating: 5.11c

11D in Handen, like glitter, its probably soft for that.

By Peter Franzen
Administrator
From: Phoenix, AZ
Apr 24, 2012
rating: 5.11+

Definitely not a 5.12, but fun all the same.

By BrianWS
Mar 17, 2013
rating: 5.11+

Excellent climb! Sustained overhanging climbing with no really hard moves. Very soft for 5.12.