Recent Sendage:

• _{V13 ^↓}
  
  kalebdumontier

  _2025-11-22
  I really enojoyed this line, some nice moves on comfy holds, and honeslty some cool movement as for grade, im not experienced enough to say with full confidence that it is v13, in theory it makes sense, but grading is hard and confusing and i lack the proper experience so it could very well be v12
• _{V13 ^↓}
  
  tristynbutler

  _{2025-11-03 (FA)}
  32 sessions total, 27 of those this year. Around six months of effort. Links Agoge (V11) into Koan’s Hammer (V10). It’s about 20 moves total for me, though the real difficulty is condensed into the first 17. I used Darth Grader to try and get an objective reference, running both the sport and boulder calculators. The boulder calculator placed it around V12+/V13-, while the sport calculator gave roughly 5.14c/d. The site notes that its formula can be unreliable for boulders longer than 7–10 moves, which applies here so I am not taking it as law but trying to use it as a helpful guide. The line has three distinct cruxes, one: The Agoge crux — whatever beta climbers use to reach the two-finger pocket or whatever section they find the hardest in Agoge. Two: The transition from the Right Potato headwall into the lip of If Brad Had a Hammer, either exiting the kneebar I use there or, without it, moving through the iron-cross position on the left-hand edge of If Brad Had a Hammer and the shallow three-finger pocket shared with the path of most resistance . This is one of the most physical positions I’ve ever held in climbing. Three: resistance section through Koan’s Hammer, and the finally heart breaker rose move and red point crux where precision and fatigue management determine the send. For comparison, I’ve tried or climbed a few similar-style linkups: Quantum Leap (V12), which for me felt roughly like V9 into V9/10. Airforce One (FA), a V9 into V9 linkup that I called soft V11 and As a reference, Wheel of Buddha (V12) in the Gunks reportedly breaks down as V8 into V5 into V10. Based on those experiences and the effort required, I’m proposing soft V13 / 8B. It could feel like a hard 12 for some, but given the move count, style, and intensity, this grade does not feel totally unwarranted. Hopefully folks are keen to come try it, repeat it, and share their own thoughts on the grade