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Death in the Afternoon – 5.12a

Bow Valley > Grotto Canyon > Hemingway Wall

23m / 75ft, 7 bolts

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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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carlmesserhuber

_2026-06-23

First go with perfect on the fly beta spray from the legend Sonnie himself, and then ripped the most horrific flapper of my climbing career trying his awesome 12d direct variation. Congrats alex on the first outdoor 12a, sorry for spraying blood on you. lol
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Alex Seniuk

_2026-06-23

First 12A, super chill before and after the crux.
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Aidan Pinsk

_2026-06-21

quality marred a bit by the ramp at the start, crux is fun though. 2nd go
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Aye Constantino

_2026-06-13
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timwood

_2026-05-15

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GF

_2026-05-12

Went direct after 2nd bolt
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Bozo On Belay

_2025-10-02
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Maki - Marketa Praskova

_2025-09-20

Short, but tricky crux for me.
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Riley

_2025-09-13

Lots 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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katiereid

_2025-09-09
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Erik

_2025-09-09

Quick run in with Katie
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thomaslong

_2025-08-18

Interesting crux sequence on techy slab. Lowkey shocked I stayed on the wall.
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Pablo Nicolaou

_2025-08-02

Classic climb! Cool crux!
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luigilui

_2025-06-29

3rd go
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Alex

_2025-06-24

Warm up for harder projects
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curtish

_2025-06-18

Very fun face climbing! Easy start leading to a cruxy section ending with a ledge and MEGA JUGS.
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Albert Martino

_2025-06-13

Two bolts of 12a separated by flowy moves. Absolutely love the crux, 10-12 technical movements around a small area.
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troymartel

_2025-02-06
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Cameron Mahler

_2024-10-15
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Yoshiki Hashiyada

_2024-07-05
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yuji yodogawa

_2024-06-13
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Ned Schneebly

_2023-06-05

2nd go, first 12 in the BV!
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Kris Yavorsky

_2023-05-25

Tricky crux
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Etienne Lebrun

_2023-05-13
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Jessica Nusse

_2022-10-09
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Brendon Graves

_2022-09-01

Finally….! Revenge after decking on this last season.
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Nathan Ness

_2022-08-08

Cruxy for two clips. 5.8 beneath, 5.10+ above. Still, I loved the crux traverse. Second go.
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siena_m

_2022-07-04
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Nic Groulx

_2022-06-28

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.
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dopamineadvocate

_2022-06-08

Should've been second go. Foot popped. Felt VERY easy.
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Kenzie Beeman

_2022-06-08

YAY! Nice to send something at Grotto - the hardest crag in the world hehe
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Alex Russell

_2022-06-07

Pulled off the ramp at the 2nd bolt. Felt stiff for the grade. Technical, sequency cruxes.
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Spencer Smith

_2022-06-02

Connor sent too!
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pheney

_2022-05-26

1st try today with Scott’s beta after trying sometime last spring
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Anonymous User

_2022-05-21
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Danny Poceta

_2021-08-18
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Matt Simmonds

_2021-08-13

Been project shopping this summer. Glad to take down one of the 12's. Awesome season so far!
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EWoodside

_2021-06-18
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Jeremy Rho

_2021-06-02

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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Simon Yamamoto

_2021-05-23
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ethanmurray

_2021-05-22

the boulder is fun, and once you sort the beta it’s chill
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Kim Appleby

_2021-05-12
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Sam Wall

_2021-05-07
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ptarchuk

_2021-05-03
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ericazhu

_2021-05-03

Cool boulder move through crux
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Dan Beland

_2020-11-03

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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keenanr

_2020-08-29
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duncangregson

_2020-08-22

First 12a! Techy and fun!
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BlazeGreene

_2020-08-18

Used the ramp to get to the 2nd ledge, not sure if it counts
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Sean Whelan

_2020-08-01

a short lived crimpy crux
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Ysbrand N

_2020-07-02

Contrivance
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jordanchow

_2020-06-15
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Dani Metcalfe

_2020-06-14
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jonnymoir

_2020-06-09
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Marcus Holm

_2020-06-03
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Andrew Hamill

_2020-06-02
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James Bull

_2020-05-24
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Spencer Bethel

_2020-05-24
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Matt

_2020-05-16

Total surprise, was expecting a sandbag!
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andrewmuldoon

_2020-05-04
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Leah Kent

_2019-08-30

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
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Michelle Lee

_2019-07-01

At least I got to try this since the proj was soaked!
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adamcurrie1

_2019-06-29

Really fun intro to 12a slab climbing at Hemingway.
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Joel Freund

_2019-06-05

Felt much easier than Earnest. Doubly so if you're tall
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Katie Bertram

_2019-06-04

Wish the top was more like the bottom... Still fun!
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Matthew Topham

_2019-06-04

Super sick route, my style, first 12!
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Sam Carr

_2019-06-02

Retro flash. Fun route
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noekapuscinsky

_2019-06-02

First 12a second go
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hunterlee

_2019-06-02

Really hard if you're short
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Andy M

_2019-05-14

Crux sequence is awesome, wish there was more of it. First BV 12a
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Andrew Forster

_2019-05-09
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Maddy Marchuk

_2019-04-20

A couple cool sections of climbing. Only had my Solutions for shoes....my feet have never hurt so bad.
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tandymalmstrom

_2018-06-13
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Nick Theriault

_2018-06-10

Took a solid 3 trys, basically one hard move.
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dklatt

_2018-06-01
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unknown climber

_2017-08-06
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JD

_2017-05-09

Pull crimpy underclings and sidepulls through the crux. Not very interesting elsewhere.
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Johannes

_2016-04-03
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Zach Geisterfer

_2015-03-29

Super interesting and cool crux sequence! Third go after a decent flash attempt and a miserable second one
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Daniel Anhorn

_2013-07-26
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Jonathan Van Huis

_2013-07-10
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Mihoko Tani

_2013-07-09
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Mason Tessier

_2013-07-06
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Zach Watson

_2013-05-05
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Francois Bergeron

_2011-05-02

I tried it at least once every spring. It had to work eventually.
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Joel Labonte

_2009-06-05
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Olivier Matte

_2008-06-14

f.cking hard
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coffeepoweredknut
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Reido

Tech
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kevinsevalrud

Sometime in 2023. Fun
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coryrogans

Techy boulder problem, good for tall people
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brendanmccallion
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Jaredg

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