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Invisible Barrier
Posted: Wed Nov 27, 2002 2:45 pm
by SCIN
Has anyone done or attempted this route? It sounds great (except for the "X" rating). What is X about it?
Posted: Wed Nov 27, 2002 2:49 pm
by rhino
Johnny always tells me that r means fun and x means really fun.
Posted: Wed Nov 27, 2002 10:09 pm
by Johnny
I've found the route, but never climbed it. I recall that it didn't look X at all from the ground. Maybe R at the most. The rock quality wasn't superb looking. Didn't look 11b either. If it were just Greg Smith on the FA I'd be scared. Since Hackworth was on it too (and I'm relying on his assessment) I'd say it's not that hard, not quite so scary, and not really that much fun.
Posted: Tue Dec 03, 2002 1:13 am
by 512OW
X routes are all safe on toprope.
Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2005 4:52 pm
by Ascentionist
There is a really cool dihedral to the left that is mentioned in the description for Heavy Mental that looks better than the other routes there. Its wide.
Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2005 11:07 pm
by ynot
rhino wrote:Johnny always tells me that r means fun and x means really fun.
Well he's right about the R. I never had the nads for X though. Just lookin at em gives me the willies.
Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2005 5:07 am
by strum
aided it, good intermediate/beginner hooking, mental, fun stuff. Keep a good head, and back off if you arn't comfy, my rule for all r's and x's
Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2005 9:25 pm
by Ascentionist
Looked at it today. Looks crazy.
Ran into some horseback riders there. Think they were a deaf/mute clan. I said, "How are you guys doing?" and they just stared at me. Wish I'd had my gun.
The first time I saw this route I thought it was X rated for the second half (easy, but slabby) but after looking at it today decided that the starte and initial dihedral is pretty serious too.