Killa Gorilla – V7 ↑
Description:
Start hold broke in spring 2022, increasing difficulty.
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chloek: Sneaky left toe hook for the crux move. -
Zach Y: I taped up my right thumb for the start hold. Started with right thumb on the spike edge and index finger on the loose piece, left hand is kind of a pinch slightly higher. Right foot high right on the good foot. Left foot in the best spot low and left. After that it's just finding the lock off balance. I blew the left hand catching the jug and it was fine. -
jeffreywong: Right toe hook for the cross.
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Ryan Mah: Looks like the starting block broke off, so you're forced to start with left hand on good crimp with a loose stone behind. Ended up matching on the pair of crimps above the start, then left toe hooking under the start to land the huge hold up and right. Bump again to a mega jug and fight the barn door to finish the climb on the right face.
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Chris Wong: used a left toe hook to make the right hand move to the jug
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tristanwilliamploughman: Choose another climb
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lizzyasher: Shortly after the start get a right hand undercling. Stand up and go left hand straight to the good crimp. Punch out right to a very good hold.
Recent Sendage:
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Honestly a pretty sick power boulder -
Went right hand first to the little crimp then matched before going to to the arete. 8 seems fair after the break. Pretty sick moves though
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Be the archer!
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2022-04-20 -
Felt easier than V8 book grade for sure. -
Way too slimy to top out, but that's not really the difficulty. The hard moves are great, and really technical! -
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2022-02-25
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Found some sneaky betas -
2022-02-23 -
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Single session
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2021-09-14 -
Used an alternate intermediate right hand for the big move, definitely an easier solution for the tall folks, still super physical and easy V7 or hard V6 movement -
Watch that tension! -
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I'm not usually part of the Squamish downgrade brigade, but this one seems fair
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not desperately inspiring! King Kong looked miles better, this was just skulking off sideways
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2021-08-10
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Super fun!! Love the giant lock off; thanks Ashleigh for showing we’re tall enough to do that beta! Second session, which was pretty quick for me! -
Surprised but happy this only took a handful of goes. Definitely a softie V8 if going by the book.
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2021-05-25
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Reached to the arrete, pretty blind climb and the moves aren't too great -
Should have tried the left hand cross up way a long time ago. Way easier for me. -
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2 techy moves lead to an easy top out. It felt so good to stick the crux
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First try, but did king kong first so no flash. Hella cool first move with the left. -
2021-03-29Very cool movement. Love the rock over.
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2021-02-24 -
Dabbed the tree slightly -
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Surprised myself with this one! -
one sesh. went with the out right, blind double throw beta. took awhile to get the muscle memory right for it. -
did it both ways. really fun movement but not v8, not soft V7 either , maybe V7/8
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I kept switching back and forth between the up-and-right beta and the straight out right beta... I ended up going up and right. Huge thanks to Crafty for the getting established beta! Everything worked out and surprised myself by catching the right hold. But.... The topout was wet which made things more interesting... Either way, got the job done!
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A rare night time send. Thanks to Claire and Em for beta but I had to use the low-right beta. -
Anubis felt like a full grade harder than this and Mindbender felt way easier than this. I don't know what grades are anymore. Pretty fun for a one move climb though.
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Neil with the smell-your-armpit-and-turn-away-from-the-hold beta made the move out to the jug static! -
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2020-09-02
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2020-08-28Drop the right knee and maintain body tension to get the next hold. Soft, but who cares :) -
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that move is dope -
2020-03-08 -
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Pretty dec! Big ol' span move
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Up then out. Felt more fun than directly out right. Almost died on the wet top.
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Digged it. Repeated it 5 times in a row!!
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Hmmm not the best. Left hand to the crimp on the face and then out right -
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2019-05-06
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Did this climb both ways. I thougt it was actually harder going to the arete first. But I think both get the same grade -
much easier since the start broke? -
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an easy tick for those with good reach, but not gargantuan tall! -
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Cool traversy problem. Low in the grade. A handful of goes.
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its good, but hurts the hands. -
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Fun 2-mover. The crimp is actually quite good so I could see this being V7. Took me a while to get the right body position for the 2nd move.
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Finally an end to this frustrating problem!
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Taking the book grade for this. Definitely worked harder for this than most 7's.
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went low.. then high -
Crappy dirty holds and lots of mosquitos -
2018-07-16 -
Went low -
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2018-05-25Had fun climbing it but lots of discussion amongst my local friends about the grade and whether it’s still the same problem anymore...
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Fun once you send it, horrible when you don't. -
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Fun first 2 moves -
2018-03-17
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The craw
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It's a V8 in the book, but I agree with the consensus its pretty soft with the span beta. -
First send of the season!
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My new favorite for softest 8 in Squamish
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2018-03-03V7 seemed right for my body. Not great, but better than not climbing! Couple tries
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second go
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2017-09-01Hippie flash
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Inexplicably easy for me. Maybe I am the exact right size. -
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Cool moves in the beginning, but quickly devolves into trash.
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2017-08-06
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Cool move, great hang with awesome mushrooms! -
2017-05-28Climbing done, now to start the smoker! Oh man, love this place. #squamishliving
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Not sure if something broke from the start.. It feels way different than when I did King Kong some time back. Not a bad problem overall though. -
2016-03-26
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2015-09-12
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2015-08-21 -
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2015-04-22
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2015-04-06
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It's not a very good climb...
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2014-06-23
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Very cool move off the sloper crimp match. It climbs much better than it looks. -
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Soaking wet top out made this problem so much harder
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2013-08-11
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Went fairly quickly once the wind picked up and the humidity dropped.. Fun problem! Definitely soft if you're taller, probably V7.. Never tried it before the undercling broke though..
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Thrutchy and delicate, odd?
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the hardest part was the top out with wet holds!!! really nice problem...
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oh wet moss...make it the problem much harder:P
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2011-12-03december bouldering in squamish is much too cold!
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Broken holds made the beginning moves of this climb different than last year -
Amazing. Love it so much. Can't wait to finish King Kong. -
2009-03-06Guess on grade.
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First Go
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2008-10-12
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2002-05-08cool -
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If you're taller and can skip holds, or it's nice and cold... then I'd call it soft. In the summer, that crimp/sloper combination up the face feels disgusting.
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Scrunchy
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King kong is better!
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