Rope soloed this route. So much respect to Brad for soloing this. Managed to get it clean on my third go, although I'll need to work on it more before I can go for the lead.
tricky for the grade as with everything else here. got scared and stitched this up - there is decent gear to be found amongst all the rock that seems to want to come off
Ouch. The chockstone holds, but the swing hurts. Done an ankle. Take big gear, the guidebook says gear to 3”, ignore it and take gear to about 12” for at least the first pitch
First boulder in Boulder! Maria was feeling a bit under, but the cool temps of the canyon made for ideal conditions! The guidebook for bouldering in the front range leaves a bit to be desired, but we finally found this one problem at the base of Wind Tower (saw a few people getting their freak-out going in trad up high). This one's beta intensive for sure. Sequence was kind of essential, after which you get really high quality movement: stand, readjust, high heel, crimp, slap, stand, mantle
I led the 2nd and 4th pitch. pitches 1-3 are classic. the last 2 were ok. pitch 3 has a traverse then route finding becomes a little tricky. I went left out of the traverse and didn't have too much problem. climbed with Dan Fiore. descent: walk off back short very easy scramble down and hike back the trail about .25 miles to the road.
