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Gunning for the Buddha

Name: Gunning for the Buddha
Rating: 3.7

5.12b YDS 7b French 26 Ewbanks VIII+ UIAA 26 ZA E5 6b British

Routes in North Cliffband

L › R R › L A › Z

	Back to Montana S,TR 5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a
	Cochiti Classic T 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Cochiti Ugly T,TR 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Empty and Meaningless S 5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b
	Feminist Men S 5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
	Grunge Up the Munge T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Gunning for the Buddha S 5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b
	Holy Wars S,TR 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
	La Espina S,TR 5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
	Laurel's Ledges S 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
	Monkey Lust S 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Montana Deviate T,S 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Mr. Toad's Wild Ride T,TR 5.11- 6c 22 VIII- 22 E3 5c
	Napoleon Blown-Apart S 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
	Open Mouth Syndrome (OMS) S 5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a
	Pickpocket S 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
	Praise the Lunge S 5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a
	Thief Crack T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Thief in Time S 5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
	To Catch A Thief S 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
	Touch Monkey S 5.13a 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E6 6c
	Unknown S 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Unknown - Boulder Left S 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a

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Type:	Sport, 55 ft (17 m)
FA:	Bertrand Gramont & Tom Kalakay 5/87
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Description

This sequential line is a classic Cochiti test-piece. Half the trouble is deciding which of the heavily chalked pockets visible from the ground are best left unused. The other half is keeping it together on the final, tricky slab move just below the anchors.

The technical crux is reaching the obvious S-shaped crack at midheight, where a great rest gives way to the sinister, slabby redpoint crux just above.