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5.8, Sport, TR, 30 ft (9 m),  Avg: 1.8 from 47 votes
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Colorado > Estes Park Valley > CO Hwy 7 & Trib… > Ironclads > Punk Rock aka Poacher…

Description

This route is the second to last on the left by the large boulder. Stay to the left of the bolt line. The hardest moves are definitely just going over the hump to get the anchors. Really positive hand holds on some sharp rock.

Protection

You need 3 QDs and something for the anchors at the top. If you are going to TR it you should use two longer slings.

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Sunday cruising up that bitch.
[Hide Photo] Sunday cruising up that bitch.
Jugging it up.
[Hide Photo] Jugging it up.
All of Punk Rock aka Poacher's Rock.
[Hide Photo] All of Punk Rock aka Poacher's Rock.
The graceful and cool-headed Chrissy Biggs, the polar opposite of the route's namesake, tries to teach it a thing or two. Seething Bitch, Punk Rock, The Ironclads.
[Hide Photo] The graceful and cool-headed Chrissy Biggs, the polar opposite of the route's namesake, tries to teach it a thing or two. Seething Bitch, Punk Rock, The Ironclads.
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Chrissy Biggs ripping holds off Seething Bitch, Punk Rock, The Ironclads.
[Hide Photo] Chrissy Biggs ripping holds off Seething Bitch, Punk Rock, The Ironclads.
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Seething Bitch aka Thieving Bitch is the second bolt line from the left.<br> <br> The crux is at the last bolt.<br>
[Hide Photo] Seething Bitch aka Thieving Bitch is the second bolt line from the left. The crux is at the last bolt.
Thieving Bitch is the second line from the left; the crux is at the last bolt.
[Hide Photo] Thieving Bitch is the second line from the left; the crux is at the last bolt.
Jed on the second bolt of Seething Bitch.
[Hide Photo] Jed on the second bolt of Seething Bitch.

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Jeremy Smith
 
[Hide Comment] I believe the name of this route is Thieving Bitch. Nov 2, 2001
Darin Lang
[Hide Comment] Listed as "Seething" Bitch in the Front Range Topropes book, and as "Thieving" Bitch in the new Gillett guide. The latter is probably correct, but doesn't the former sound much cooler? ;-) Nov 2, 2001
Jon Sinclair
Lafayette, CO
[Hide Comment] The first three bolts are definitely 5.8, but the final 10 feet to the anchors is much harder... could even be 10+ or 11. Moving WAY left might make it easier, but staying anywhere close to the third bolt makes the climb a lot tougher than 8. Jun 4, 2010
Matt Roberts
Columbus, OH
  5.8
[Hide Comment] Moving past the 3rd bolt is definitely the crux. There is a crimp out right for the right hand, and then step up to find a perfectly placed flat with the left hand, after which going for the bolts is pretty straightforward.

The anchors are loose but not scarily so. Jun 16, 2012
Clare Shemeta
 
[Hide Comment] Agreed with Jon Sinclair - past the 3rd bolt is not remotely 5.8. Never found the right hand crimp.... Aug 31, 2022