Begehungen in Denver

Beautiful, techy climb - varied. Slab start, to a beautiful roof with a committing highfoot move and exposed clip far above the roof, finishing with flowy, techy work with precise feet. Would have a higher grade on the Aussie Ewbanks system.

Fell at the roof - a great climb. Runout spoken about before anchor (on Mountain Project) has since been eliminated, and still feels ballsy AF. So happy for to take the charge on this one and put up the draws. Friend/belay partner felt this was a harder climb than Bush Administration to the left (though less sustained). Would climb this and First Impressions again. This wall is stunning.

How this doesn't have 3 stars on The Crag is beyond me. Varied, overhung and just a stunning long line with great exposure and moves for the grade. If you have to choose between this and Herbal Essences for a warm-up, choose this one. Unless you're a slab fiend.

Slabby start gets more overhung as you go. Nice and long, a harder 5.9 than those in the Canal Zone

Going with my Canal tradition of sheit-ing the bed on the first climb before nothing but Send Train on harder things after.

Quite nice, varied - but the middle fridge-y area might throw you if you read it wrong like I did. Slabby like many of the lower grade routes here. Still worth a star compared to some of the other 5.8 I did.

A blast. Guidebook gives it star(s) and I would absolutely agree.

Some might find the slab section challenging, but it was fine for me. Loved the slightly overhung section up to a good roof.

Found this a more challenging route than Ivy League. Some committing moves if this is the upper end of your grade Surprisingly crimpy. Beautifully vertical compared to the other climbs I've done in the crag.

Lovely, felt delicate. This and Panama Red are nicely vertical compared to the others.

Delightful, still slabby, but varied. Worth the 3 stars. Yes, a 70m rope will work for the full route + lowering. Needs about 20 draws, but you can skip the first FH (placed pretty needlessly IMHO), and skip/recycle draws in a couple of places safely

Stemmy - varied for the area, a nice way to end the session

Better flow than Venice Beach (climb to left). Still slabby, but better

Had to stop to think/read it. Clean otherwise. First climb in N. America so slab style a bit foreign to me

Really cool start for the first 4 or so bolts, then turns into slab with no hand holds rest of the way.

Rated 5.9+ in the guidebook, about the same level as panama red right next to it. High first bolt.

cool route with a fun start. Need to go up to the left at the arete, climb up a bit, find a good hold and then mantle.

very nice easy climb.

really nice route, short crux section in the middle that can either be done as a crack, or a side pull.

very slabby, no hand holds at the top. First section is 5.7, then harder. Would be scary to lead.

trust your feet for the last move, with the side pull no issue.

ending is hard between the last bolt and the anchors, I may have cheated but couldn't find any holds.

Nice route, lots of ledges

Hard start with a high first bolt

Longggggg

Dialled all the moves quickly but didn't quite have the juice to pull the second to last hard move. Crux holds felt like granite countertops

Last go of the day, more so just to check this out. Heaps of variety with the movement and so long

Warm up

I dislike slopers. #2ndgo

Repeat

Very similar movement to Dia, but just more sustained and smaller holds. #2ndgo

Fell on the last hold at the end of the crux. As close as you can get to an onsight.

This thing seems hard and condition-dependent. The one to the left suited my style better.