Has Been exists in the face between Wobbly D and Chez's Chimney. It is surprisingly good for being so often overlooked. Basically the idea is to thrutch up the face towards the giant cobble 2/3 of the way up on the left side of the route. Once the cobble is attained the route softens, but until then it is a stiff endeavor.
The name was Sangdahl's response to my poor attempts at drunken humor one night in the Avalon- I had foolishly (and erroneously) called the DLFA a "bunch of has-beens". Steve led this route the next day, and made me a member of the DLFA the following week.
Has Been starts with some underclings into a few reachy moves. The climb slowly moves left on the face until you reach the middle. This is the crux. Figuring out the sequence here is key. Once you get into it, a few small crimps will pull you through to the large cobble. Once the cobble is reached, the climbing is much easier, around 5.9 or so.
Yea, definitely overlooked. I went for the OS but whipped on the only good gear on the route, thankfully.
The first horizontal is where the good gear is, this will protect the crimpy crux to a nice ledge for a no hands rest. The next horizontal provides one good C3 and the climbing eases considerably from there. "R" rated for the runout.
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