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I’ve noticed there are lists of the best 12a, climbs under 10 and a few other lists. But after a climbing one of the worst climbs I have ever been on I want to put together a list of the worst sport climbs in the Red. So let hear them

I have my own personal list, but I want to keep that private and not make it public. Some bolters might take it offensively.

I for one as a bolter would not be hurt by routes people hate. That is the name of the game...you'll like some routes, and not others.

I can think of several of mine that suck big time...let er rip.

pigchoss

Hey pig, have you bolted a route yet that was so shitty it got closed. Its actually harder to do than you would think.



Brother Stair.

Andrew wrote:Hey pig, have you bolted a route yet that was so shitty it got closed. Its actually harder to do than you would think.

Brother Stair.

OK, I do have to agree..that route of Andrew's sucked big time. Keksan and I got on it, and it was the only route I have ever swore to not climb twice...lol


what makes a bad route...poor rock, bolt placements, flow, vegetation, lichen, sharp rock, etc...

i wil say this however....to every person who develops/ maintains in the Red,a HUGE thank you for your efforts. you could be climbing, and you are making this palce better for the next round of haters.


recently, I know Jeff and Lee have been re-equipping a ton of stuff at Roadside.....big kudos ladies!!!!

every route i have had hands on suck, im cool with that...

Nothing sucks more than re equiping a route that sucked to begin with.
Word from the girlz.

some good points i do take advantage of there being so many route i dont think about all the work someone had to put in. its probably hard to predict how a route will hold up over time. id say for every really terrible route there are ten top quality classics

I had a climber tell me to pull the bolts off of one of my climbs because he couldn't send it. I had another,who I let get a first ascent on a five pitch sport route (read that as"very expensive") call the route "Blivet" which is slang for a fifty pound sack of manure. He said that the rope drag was horrible. Of course if was because he strung together three pitches on slabby limestone.
I can't say that I ever hated a climb but I can say that A.W.O.L. is a scary lead for me and Breakfast Burrito has on of the scariest commiting moves I've ever done, even though it was physically easy.