Ascent Notes for: Brontosaurus - 5.10c Average Rating : 4.70/5

Cleaned the gear.

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nicest hand crack i've climbed. cool crux too

very nice.

Great handjams all the way to the crux, where they are not that great anymore for one move (and where I fell). Good route. Cant wait to be able to lead it :)

Even though I'm a pretty weak crack climber I foolishly decided to follow and clean this for someone. Kicked my butt, even though I slid a #2 C4 up ahead of me as a directional as I went and took breaks periodically. I did learn a bit about crack climbing technique the hard way. Such as: It is important to cam your right foot into the crack to take a lot of the load. Lie-backing this crack will make a hard problem even harder. The crux was annoyingly at the end just where it looks like it ought to let up. It got a lot smoother and harder to hang on. The free hanging rap station/anchors made for an interesting rappel, plus you can look up at the terrifying "Welcome to Ole Kentuck" while huffing and puffing and be glad you aren't on that SOB... yow.

I'm glad to see it was recorded here as a 10c instead of the 10b that the Ellington guide has it listed at.

led it with some gear already in the crack. fantastic route and my first ever 5.10 and above trad lead as well as my first fall on trad. should have taped up the hands.

Love this route the hand jams are great and the line is sweet and very substained. You are fighting to stay in the crack. I look to lead this soon. Great crack and the best hand jams to off hands at the top.

awesome route... might want to tape up for it though

Killer jam crack with a tight hands/rattly fingers crux at the top. Beware the pebbles.