Blueberry Train Wreck

Munchies

The Roach

Housed

Blue Sky Blond

Mary Jane

Jackinated

Hippie Grenade

Laughing Grass

One of the more perfect routes for those beginning intermediate climbers that need their next challenge. It's also a great route for those pumped out climbers whose 5.12c projects are kicking their asses. Get one this and feel successful after feeling like your arms are going to fall off from the steep pulling on nice big holds. Feel the crank of crimps to insecure holds to huge holds.  

  Not quite easy five ten but definitely not five too hard.  

  If you sent The Roach and want the next logical challenge, move your rope one route to the right and get on it! If you need to embrace easier climbing for a lap or two while your motivation to climb hard routes comes back, get on it! There is simply no way you can lose with this funtastic climb!

Definately not something that was just leftover! This is everyone's favorite warm-up or cool-down climb. 

  Big pockets, big ledges, big feet, big reaches, big rests with a big pump to boot. 

  You can stem if needed but this route is much tastier if done entirely on the narrow face.

A super cool route that packs a wallop without being too much of a doozy! Starts on thin black slab and kicks into overhung overdrive on crimps and sick pockets. Gain great altitude with the classic high step and reach moves to huge holds when the going seems like it might start getting shitty for ya. 

  If you are too pumped to climb anymore five twelve too hards then this route is better than the Valiums in the back of the Whambulance! 

  A great introductory climb for those who think they are too pudley and fat to attempt Laughing Grass. However, if you have already sent The Roach, and enjoyed the buckets and slabs of If We All Had a Bong Weed All Get Along, this route should be next on your tick list. Get on it and get house broken!

This route is so freakin' SWEET! A mellow start with big holds leads to small pockets, technical sidepulls and precise foot placements until you arrive at a point where its all one big move after another, after another, after another. 

  OVERHUNG and PUMPY! Starts mellow and then burns you up quickly the higher you get. The most tasty crux takes place over the last two bolts. Lunge and huck for a huge, weird pocket and toss for a super sick crimper set a chronic angle and pray for the strength to finish.  

  Get on this thing and get good and light headed!

Fun climbing on good holds to a dyno (which is better than pulling on a sharp crimp) and then a pumpy finish on jugs out a steep roof

Described on pages 143 - 144 of Mike Cronin's Spearfish Canyon, The VC, and other Black Hills Limestone Guidebook.

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