Death in the Afternoon – 5.12a
23m / 75ft, 7 bolts
Description:
Starts off the ledge for 3 bolts before gaining the large break in the left side of Hemingway. A technical boulder above makes the main crux.
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Recent Sendage:
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2025-10-02 -
2025-09-20Short, but tricky crux for me. -
2025-09-13Lots of fun working the crux on this one. Going up left from the bottom felt cheap but the climbing above makes it feel more worth it. Second 12a ever
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Quick run in with Katie
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Interesting crux sequence on techy slab. Lowkey shocked I stayed on the wall. -
2025-08-02Classic climb! Cool crux!
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3rd go, first time sending a 12a in one session! Did the direct start, feel more correct for the grade than climbing the ramp for 3bolts. I guess that should be the correct way? Idk. Much easier than Sensoria haha.
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Warm up for harder projects -
Very fun face climbing! Easy start leading to a cruxy section ending with a ledge and MEGA JUGS.
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Two bolts of 12a separated by flowy moves. Absolutely love the crux, 10-12 technical movements around a small area. -
2025-02-06
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2024-10-15 -
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2024-06-13
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2nd go, first 12 in the BV!
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Tricky crux -
2023-05-13 -
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Finally….! Revenge after decking on this last season.
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Cruxy for two clips. 5.8 beneath, 5.10+ above. Still, I loved the crux traverse. Second go. -
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Felt a bit easier than the one to the right, probably because it’s a single short crux, which was quite sequency. Went as straight as possible (slightly to the left) after the second bolt. Enjoyable climb if you like crimps. -
Should've been second go. Foot popped. Felt VERY easy.
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2022-06-08YAY! Nice to send something at Grotto - the hardest crag in the world hehe -
Pulled off the ramp at the 2nd bolt. Felt stiff for the grade. Technical, sequency cruxes. -
Connor sent too! -
1st try today with Scott’s beta after trying sometime last spring -
5.12a ↓Anonymous User2022-05-21
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Been project shopping this summer. Glad to take down one of the 12's. Awesome season so far! -
2021-06-18
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Second go! With a very straight forward beginning and finish, this routes grade is really pulled by the crux right after the first large rail! Trusting your feet and having a lot of skin is necessary.
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2021-05-23 -
2021-05-22the boulder is fun, and once you sort the beta it’s chill
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2021-05-12
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2021-05-07 -
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2021-05-03Cool boulder move through crux
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Went direct above 2nd because it seemed cheeky to deek way out left. Looks like that's what most people do though. -
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First 12a! Techy and fun! -
2020-08-18Used the ramp to get to the 2nd ledge, not sure if it counts -
a short lived crimpy crux
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Contrivance -
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2020-05-24 -
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Total surprise, was expecting a sandbag! -
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Crimp strength is a good thing to have for this techy face climb crux. Cool movement. Very hard for me mentally and psyched to send -
At least I got to try this since the proj was soaked! -
Really fun intro to 12a slab climbing at Hemingway.
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Felt much easier than Earnest. Doubly so if you're tall -
Wish the top was more like the bottom... Still fun!
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Super sick route, my style, first 12! -
Retro flash. Fun route -
First 12a second go -
Really hard if you're short
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Crux sequence is awesome, wish there was more of it. First BV 12a
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A couple cool sections of climbing. Only had my Solutions for shoes....my feet have never hurt so bad. -
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Took a solid 3 trys, basically one hard move. -
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2017-08-06
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Pull crimpy underclings and sidepulls through the crux. Not very interesting elsewhere. -
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2015-03-29Super interesting and cool crux sequence! Third go after a decent flash attempt and a miserable second one
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2013-05-05
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I tried it at least once every spring. It had to work eventually.
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f.cking hard
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5.12aAnonymous User
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Techy boulder problem, good for tall people -
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