Ascents in Zion National Park having Beta

Kolob grades are about as hard as the Zion sandstone.... (not very hard)

Really great movement the whole way, got pretty spooked with the sandiness and spaced bolts.

Top right hand anchor bolt is loose/ Wiggles.

13a? Somebody's having a laugh. 12b maybe?

Looking at Mountain Project, the "13a" bit was to the right of the second last bolt but the obvious line (and only chalk) follows the big hueco to the left. The actual crux was a bit lower.

Classic route with great friends

Awesome big wall, took us 2 days to get up. Fixed ropes on 3rd pitch. very impressive and exposed. Alex Honnolds a nut for soling it

team ascent 9 pitches

Mostly followed. Managed to lead and flash the crux pitch. Shame I can’t climb a chimney

Clean aid ascent of moonlight buttress (8h from base to top). What a great line! Lead P1, P3,P4, Follow P2,P5, 6+7, 8+9.

I might write something longer and more pretentious about this at some point. Gwen onsighted the route except for the jump off the rocker block which took her a go or two.

Easily the best rock climb I've ever been on ! A very faff filled three days of exhaustion! First I jumped in on Shane and toms plan to climb to the crux and fix to the ground. Then I didn't feel like I could leave without atleast trying to crux pitch + above. Lucky Caleb wasn't Farr away. So we came back and climbed up the the crux and I had two shots. Felt close but just didn't have the endurance! Then the next day was absolutely faffy and we both got pretty exhausted. So keen to come back to this !

Crux pitch

"I didn't see chalk or any info on the internet so i claim my first FA Took me some good 30 min and i fell multiple times on every move, so I think around V5 on the soft side. The boulder is awesome though - perfect sitstart, Left hand on a cool low pinch, right hand on the sidepull. Stand up to a left hand decent yet somewhat far crimp, right foot up in one of the funky holes. Get the core thight and adjust right hand on a sharp crimp. Then crux - big throw to a right crimp/pinch. Then feet up (i matched but on the actual send not) and top out is ok. Video of the FA below (changed my beta on the go.... + epic knee at the end....) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m469ahbYhuU&feature=youtu.be

FA"

Shame it was a bit sandy on my onsight attempt. No problems on the second shot

Would love to claim the 12c (26) onsight, but i would say this is more of a stiff 12a (24) in my opinion.

Soft as at 12c. Maybe 12a? Cool climbing nonetheless.

40m of steep jugs with a crimpy finish.

One quick dog on crux?

bailed

Just a great sustained climb. 12a rating based on effort, not difficulty of holds.

Pass negative 2 bolt with your hill hook reach 4.bolt and climb at the stairs all the way up try to not get pamp.

This would honestly be a grade 19 in Aus

hung a bunch. at the end bold to bold

BEAUTY! Doesn't get any better (well maybe on its lefthand cousin). If I were to climb just this single pitch on a trip to the States I'd be satisfied.

Like all other routes on this wall, this route is wildly enjoyable. But, definitely not .12a. My suggestion would be 11c.

As a boulderer, this tested the limits of my endurance, worsened by my not using of the obvious rests. Psyched with the onsight, perhaps a little soft at 12a but who cares, the line is incredible.

Once again cool climbing - like the rest of them but also soft. Not 12a, too many sit down rests.

The routes here are amazing, unique and seriously extraordinary...but once you've done one you've done them all and there is only so much jug hauling you can get on board with.

Massive warmup pump, should have done Dost Misread before. Hardest moves before the third bolt, afterwards you just have to keep it together and shake out the pump at the huge jugs.

crazy steep sandy jug hauling

Classic for a reason! What a wall and what a route. Turns out ladders are pretty hard when it's that steep. Unreal.

Really cool jug hauling. Very cold and nearly numbed out but hand warmers saved the OS. So good I did it twice!

Coming back for the send

best pitch of my life!!! no im not joking!!

The best route in Zion!

Pitch 1 starts with 5.11+ strenuous lieack/finger corner, massive warmup pump. Pitch 2, short steep 5.9 to the next ledge. Linked 3-5 in one huge chimney/off-width pitch (coming out of the chimney is the hardest, A0 with sling from above). Pitch 6 starts with a little down-climbing then up to a bolt and past a crimpy 5.11- traverse. Best to ignore the bolted belay and rather build one around the arete at the base of the crack. Steep fingers to hand through the 5.11+ money pitch to a one bolt belay with excellent #1 as back-up. Last long 5.9 pitch to the top.

Very memorable route. Super improbable to be able to step around the arete into a 110m crack leadi g straight to the top of red arch! The offwidth felt surprisingly good.. i might think about not aiding all of them. Wasnt as much sand on this route for tony to complain about but the weather forecasters provided an excuse. Clear skies they said, we certainly picked up the pace on the last pitch when thunder started cracking over our heads. We lost all that time and more on the rap by getting the tag line hopelessly tangled in the climbing rope on all the biner block raps. We both tried to tell ourselves the tag line was necessary but some retrobolted anchors meant it could have been done with a single 70. Fook.

most peoples option. awesome climbing

Incredible crack moves

Awesome and soft.