Stolen Valor – V8


FA: Tyler - 2016-10-21

Recent Sendage:

  • V8
    2016-10-21 (FA)
    My first FA at Red Rock - a cool line protected by a ~95 minute hike. Hikers go by/under this thing all the time, but from the people I talked to about it, and based on the state of the landing/holds, I'm fairly sure no one has hiked pads up to it before. I first explored way back into the top of the south fork of First Creek on Oct 7, and came back with pads on the 10th. I cleaned the line and figured out the beta, only to find that without a spotter, a fall off of the insecure, water-polished topout had the potential to be super terrible, so had to wait until I could go up there with Erin for the send. Sent at sunrise! Topout wasn't scary thanks to Erin's spot. Suggested grade is a particularly height dependent V6/7. Could be several grades harder if you're short. EDIT - see Vexillologist description, grade is probably V8!