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I'd Rather Be In Philadelphia

Name: I'd Rather Be In Philadelphia
Rating: 3.1

5.12 YDS 7b+ French 27 Ewbanks VIII+ UIAA 26 ZA E6 6b British

Routes in Reynolds Hill

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	If a Gyps Decks in the Woods, Do They Make a Sound? AKA The Forest Boulder AKA Eeyore's Revenge T 5.7+ 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Tumbleweed T 5.10a/b 6a+ 19 VI+ 19 E2 5b
	Spatial Relations T 5.13- 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E7 6c R
	Pooh Corner T 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Howling T 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
	Hug Jombo T 5.11a/b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
	Black Starr Chimney T,TR 5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a
	Serpentine T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Robert's Rectification T 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
	Rag-tag T 5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Vacillation Exit T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	K.P. T 5.9- 5c 17 VI 16 HVS 4c
	Klink T 5.10a/b 6a+ 19 VI+ 19 E2 5b
	Unknown left of Maiden T,TR 5.7+ 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Maiden T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
	Matron T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Cosmic Debris T 5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Labyrinth T,TR 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Connecticut Yankee T 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Glenda's Chimney T 5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a
	Fat Man's Demise T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Fat Man’s Demise, Straight Up Variation T 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Finger Grinder T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Climb and Punishment T 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
	Climbs of Passion Exit T 5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a
	Penis Dimension T 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Hung Like a Horse T 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
	I'd Rather Be In Philadelphia T 5.12 7b+ 27 VIII+ 26 E6 6b
	Coffee Grinder T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Bad Man with a Devil's Hand T 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Moor's Crossing T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Horror Show T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Barf Bucket Traverse T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
	Tombstone Crack T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Crystal Reign T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Bang Crack T 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Bang Crack Traverse T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
	[Redacted] T 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
	Vag of Honor T 5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b PG13
	Bloodletting T 5.11+ 7a 24 VIII 24 E4 6a
	Main Lane T 5.10- 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Forever War, The T 5.12- 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a R
	Temporary War aka The Short Battle, The T 5.8- 5b 16 VI- 14 VS 4c
	Glass Hummingbird, The T 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
Unsorted Routes:
	Fist Crack aka High School Crush, The T V0+ 4+
	More Fun T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b PG13
	Peach Cobbler T V1 5
	Sky Line T V0- 4-
	Time Quake T V4 6B

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Type:	Trad, 80 ft (24 m)
FA:	Kevin Bein
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Shared By:	Alex Shainman on Aug 21, 2002
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Access Issue: Temporary Notice on aerial herbicide treatment & Bad Bolt Submission Form Details

PSA for those thinking about a trip. The gates are still closed and the sign says enter at your own risk. "Aerial application by helicopter of the herbicide Rejuvra will target over 5,700 acres on a landscape that has been the focus of multiple years’ worth of treatment."

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I yarded off a huge "timebomb" flake that, for years, was used as a killer rest stance just before the crux. The flake was easily removed with a light pull while being lowered. I felt it move substantialy when I first stood on it. Without the flake, the route felt more sustained on toprope.... So, if you want to "feel" like you're doing a "first", get after it. Bring a drill and update the anchor while you're at it.

This is an awesome line, but it is not the best rock Vedauwoo has to offer. Hollow rock still exists just before the anchor. Rumor has it that it is possible to continue past the anchor at 80'. Beware of swifts within....

W.C. Fields and the name?

A popular bit of Fields folklore maintains that his grave marker is inscribed, "I'd rather be in Philadelphia" — or some close variant thereof. The legend originated from a mock epitaph that Fields wrote himself for a 1925 Vanity Fair article: "Here Lies / W.C. Fields / I Would Rather Be Living in Philadelphia."

In reality, his interment marker bears only his stage name and the years of his birth and death. (from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._C.…).