Out of the Blue Route Grade Votings
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A really good and mighty popular pitch that requires care in its lower reaches. Start below a short crack in a bulge and shallow scoop. USER COMMENTS
Superb route. Poor protection low down, don't waste energy, press on and good gear and excellent moves follow.
Take car, this route has several deceptively loose holds waiting for some newby bolt jockey to rip out. I have done it twice in the last couple of weeks and you defeintely need to chose your gear and hand placements carefully (particularily at 2/3 height on the largish finger flake, which is very hollow sounding).
Fantastic route! Gear is good the whole way up, just a little spaced at the start (though not dangerously so, reasonable cam placements). Nice technical climbing, good rests all over the place, strenuous for the last 20 feet. Not sure about the deceptively loose holds, didn't find anything particularly worrying...
Does what it says on the tin. Standard for the grade if bold at the start, classic wall climbing. |