The Importance of Being Earnest – 5.12a


17m / 56ft, 6 bolts

Description:

the first 12a put up in the bow valley starts on the left end of hemingway on the small ledge at chest height. A high first bolt and sustained crimping to the breaks and crux guarding the anchor.

Recent Sendage:

  • 5.12a
    2024-07-05
    So happy to come back to this route after trying it last in 2016. First go today felt really hard but after re-sorting the beta it felt pretty reasonable. Super fun and super techy. Seems like it would feel a lot harder if you were short.
  • 5.12a
    2024-06-19
  • 5.12a
    2024-06-06
    Glad to send the first 5 12a of the Bow Valley. I can definitely see it being 5.12b for shorter climbers, I just reached my way through harder sections. Also took more tries than the usual 12a's to me, cold temps definitely numbed my fingers for the first couple tries.
  • 5.12a
    2024-05-11
    2nd go, very fun tech
  • 5.12a
    2023-10-02
    Couldn't do this one for a long time cause i found it too reachy, its still reachy for me but only barely. my beta wont work if youre any shorter than me