Best 10's in the Red

Post by **SCIN** » Mon Oct 28, 2002 1:08 am

Man, I'm pretty good at offwidth too I like to think but I'm holding to the fact that Roadside Attraction is 5.12+ no matter what anyone says.

Post by **chester** » Tue Oct 29, 2002 4:51 pm

I agree SCIN, damn route...
scarey ass, offwidth, exit move...

Post by **chester** » Tue Oct 29, 2002 4:59 pm

I've only top roped it, and I fell, like 1,000,000,000 times at the top, but I loved Sam I Am. If you have small hands, you can reach waaaay back in the crack and grab some killer pocket holds.
In my opinion, The Grinch, (5.4) is much harder...

Post by **climbhigh** » Tue Oct 29, 2002 5:58 pm

Holy shit chester is alive, SCIN told me he had you in his pit for a few months and you started eating your own limps so he put you down to end your misery,

Post by **Uncle Big Green** » Wed Oct 30, 2002 5:52 am

SCINny's list is pretty good. Why don't you all do All In a Days Work (10-)? Also, why do people keep calling Rock Wars a 10-? That was my first route ever at the Red (yes, I went to the 2nd anchors). Its not quite in the 10 range. Its still a good climb.

One more thing. I may be heading back to Atl. I like the climbing here in Kolorado, but the people here are worse than those from slOhio or Ky. Plus, I'm getting homesick.

Post by **Legion** » Wed Oct 30, 2002 6:36 am

My first route at the Red was C Sharp or B Flat. I have climbed Rock Wars a couple of times and I think it is pretty damn hard.

Post by **ynot** » Wed Oct 30, 2002 11:31 pm

It's not a 10 ,but the second pitch of Africa was friggin incredible.Wonder why nobody does it.It's way better than the first.
It was my first hanging belay,You really start thinking about bolts,when your partner starts off on an overhang right over yer head and you know you cant go anywhere. the hairline crack a foot below the bolts doesnt inspire any confidence either. Trad just rules.
Has anyone here ran both pitches together and does rope drag get to be a problem?

Post by **t bone** » Thu Oct 31, 2002 12:53 am

a great 5.10 is orange barrel. it is left of lost dihedrel at the far right side of indian creek. it is not in the guide book. finger crack to wide crack finish. put up by my good friends steve faulkner and chuck keller some sometime in the late 80s early 90s.

Post by **Danny** » Thu Oct 31, 2002 4:04 am

africa rules! you can do africa in 1 pitch no problem. I've found you can do most "2 pitch" routes in the red in 1 pitch. even if you have a little rope drag it's less of a hassle than setting up a belay and going through all that rigamarole.

Post by **Legion** » Thu Oct 31, 2002 4:30 am

t bone that sounds like a cool route. It must be the cool name. It makes me think of orange soda.