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Hephaestus

V8-, Boulder, 16 ft (5 m),  Avg: 3 from 1 vote
FA: Open Project as of 2022
Kentucky > Western Kentucky > Rough River > Nest

Description

Hephaestus employed the Cyclops to create the weapons and thrones of the Olympic gods. He turned fire against ore and was the original master of metal. Can you master iron like one of the old gods of the Greeks?

Sit start to the right of the tree on the band of iron. Avoid the easy path to the arete and instead go straight up. Move through pockets, crank the half-pad double digit crimp, hit the next slimping gaston directly above the crimp, then do some sort of godlike magic on sloping dishes or fire hard to get to the big pocket. Top it out and marvel at what abilities the gods gave you.

This is an open project that needs a FA after years of projecting. Clean falls due to the slight overhang. It needs to be sent, y'all.  

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Sit start in the pockets to the left of the tree for the Cyclops (blue line). Sit start to the right of the tree on the iron rail and pockets for Hephaestus (yellow line) and Iron Breaker (rusty/brown line). (Iron Breaker Arete is gray line.)
[Hide Photo] Sit start in the pockets to the left of the tree for the Cyclops (blue line). Sit start to the right of the tree on the iron rail and pockets for Hephaestus (yellow line) and Iron Breaker (rusty/br…