ro 12a

Post by **Yasmeen** » Thu Jan 13, 2005 6:16 pm

I'd say Ro is .11b, .11c tops

Can we just once and for all agree that Ro is the easiest route at the Red, and leave it at that?

Last weekend, there was this guy, and he flailed all over C Sharp, and was getting all bent out of shape because he'd sent Ro no problem. I was like, "Dude, don't you get it? You get negative cool points for sending Ro. People look down on you for shit like that." He promptly whipped out his Palm Pilot and deleted Ro from his spray list. Good thing, too, because right after that, he onsighted Jersey Connection.

RO IS EVIL. Don't go near it.

Post by **Paul3eb** » Thu Jan 13, 2005 6:58 pm

let's change the rating system. instead of numbers, let have names. so, for instance, 10's are "dumb", 11's are "stupid" 12's are now "idiot". i think that way people will be less inclined to try to act like hardasses. and if they do, let them. they'll get to scream, "hey, i'm a huge idiot climber! you're just a stupid climber." that way it'll sound more like the second grade jibberish that it is.

Post by **alien2** » Thu Jan 13, 2005 7:00 pm

Ro was fun when it had water coming out of one of the lower bolt holes. The route could be dry but a constant stream would be flowing out of the bolt after a hard rain. I think that bolt has been moved though.

Post by **Zspider** » Thu Jan 13, 2005 7:03 pm

Yasmeen wrote:
I'd say Ro is .11b, .11c tops
RO IS EVIL. Don't go near it.

So true, Yasmeen. It's a curse that was laid upon the climb right after they bastardized the original French spelling of the name.

ZSpider

Post by **Yasmeen** » Thu Jan 13, 2005 7:12 pm

They didn't bastardize it-- it's a Japanese game (or Chinese, I forget which). Some guidebook makes mention of that fact (again, I forget which).

Post by **Artsay** » Thu Jan 13, 2005 7:28 pm

Yea, it's actually called roshambo.

Post by **pawilkes** » Thu Jan 13, 2005 8:07 pm

i just got chumped wes. the only .12's i've managed to haul my ass up have been Hardcore Jollies (and i'd agree its soft for 12) and Buddha Hole. guess i'll just have to get strong up here in Wisconsin before i move back in May so i can send some real .12's.

Post by **stix** » Thu Jan 13, 2005 9:51 pm

I'm with yasmeen. Although ro may not be the easiest route in the red it's definitely the easiest at roadside. I'd done the route numerous times and then balked at the crux and took this spring after which i vowed never to take on ro again and i haven't. It's definitely easier than anything on the 10 wall. Those things are hard as hell. I do ro warming up and hangin draws, whereas crazyfingers is pumpy as all get out. Another example, the mantle route, they give that thing 10d or somethin. Man that makes ro 10b.

Post by **Spragwa** » Thu Jan 13, 2005 11:54 pm

Lateralus wrote:Ro ---- how'd it get to be so popular?

Ro was revitalized by the name because of Southpark. When Cartman offers you to Ro Sham Po for something...don't do it.

Post by **512OW** » Fri Jan 14, 2005 12:27 am

Wes wrote:If your ego needs it to be 5.12, then you should call it 5.12. Otherwise, it is just .11d. Check out porter and snyders guide for some more resonable ratings of other classics.

Personally, I would care more about being able to climb a *real* 5.12(13, etc) then a soft one.

Wes

Hahahahaha...yeah, check out Porter and Snyders guide to find out that Andromeda Strain is really 10d, and not 5.9 after all....