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Gay Blade

Name: Gay Blade
Rating: 2.7

5.11- YDS 6c French 22 Ewbanks VIII- UIAA 22 ZA E3 5c British PG13

Routes in The Brown Wall

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	[Redacted] T 5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c PG13
	Braille Trail, The S 5.12 7b+ 27 VIII+ 26 E6 6b
	Chocolate Thunder S 5.12- 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
	Crocodile Tears T 5.11+ 7a 24 VIII 24 E4 6a
	Dragonfly T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Fractured Fairytale T 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b PG13
	Game of Drones T 5.13- 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E7 6c
	Gator Boy TR 5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c PG13
	Gay Blade S 5.11- 6c 22 VIII- 22 E3 5c PG13
	Legacy, The S 5.14a 8b+ 32 X+ 32 E8 7a
	May Divorce Be With You T 5.11+ 7a 24 VIII 24 E4 6a
	New Vector T 5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c
	Pat Me'groinagin T 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Penetrators, The T 5.12 7b+ 27 VIII+ 26 E6 6b PG13
	Reptile T 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Reptile Tears T 5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b
	Rumba de Roberto T 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Sampler Plate T 5.12- 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
	Shadow, The S 5.12 7b+ 27 VIII+ 26 E6 6b
	Smausser Traverse Thing... T,S 5.11- 6c 22 VIII- 22 E3 5c
	Spark, The T 5.13a 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E6 6c
	Stegamite T 5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a
	Stegosaur T 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Thunderstruck T 5.13 8a 29 X- 30 E7 6c
	Zorro T 5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b

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Type:	Sport, 50 ft (15 m)
FA:	Bill Smausser
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Shared By:	Kevin McLaughlin on Mar 22, 2008 · Updates
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Access Issue: Road & nearby private property & COVID-19 Closure - now open Details

As of Nov. 6, 2020: per Johanna Jones: COVID-19 update: Thunder Ridge is open, although there are two considerations: 1) The landowners have asked climbers not to use their private road to enter Thunder Ridge. 2) As of July 1, 2020, all persons 18 and older must possess a valid Colorado HUNTING or FISHING LICENSE to access Colorado Parks and Wildlife land. THIS IS WHERE YOU PARK ON THIS LAND.

#2 is a little tricky considering the shoulder and the crag is on United State Forest Service land (Free), while the PARKING is on CPW land.

Info can be found here: pikespeakclimbersalliance.o…

As of April 5th, the Pikes Peak Climber's Alliance announced that Thunder Ridge is CURRENTLY CLOSED due to COVID-19. Please respect this closure, and check in with PPCA on updates as COVID-19 stay at home orders and impacts reduce over the coming months.

Please do your best to maintain good relationships with the people who own the land in this area. Do not drive your vehicle past the "private property" sign. Do not go up to the house to ask for directions to the crag. Do not ride your bike down the road. Please move immediately to the side of the road if any landowners are approaching in their vehicles.

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Per Glenn Schuler: this is the bolted line that takes the left side of the obvious arete (Zorro climbs the right side of this same arete on natural gear).