Type: Sport, 70 ft (21 m)
FA: Don Welsh, 2004
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Shared By: Seth R on Apr 18, 2007 · Updates
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Start on a huge cheater pile through crimpy terrain for the first couple of bolts. Fire through brutally crimpy crux sequences before reaching a huge jug rail below the last bolt. Figure out a way past the jug and continue straight up to through slopers on the slab to reach the chains. Great route for the grade range at Red Rocks, mega-classic and a must do! Originally graded 13b, broken holds have moved modern consensus to 13c.

There is also a variation that heads right somewhere around the 5th bolt, It Is What It Is (13d/14a FA Alex Honnold).

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In the center of the main wall, third route to the right of the Silence crack. There is usually a very large cheater pile for the start.

Protection Suggest change

8 glue-in bolts to lower-offs. All but the first couple of bolts usually have fixed draws.

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