Ascent Notes for: Mushroom People - 5.10d Average Rating : 4.55/5

Great crack and face climbing. Super tough crux with slick varnish. So exciting.

freaking amazing climbing! couldn't believe the crux move, definitely my favorite route so far at red rocks.

highly recommendable. enjoyed the start, and the climbing through the crux was fantastic. on the lower half, i used a lot of small cams which I had taken doubles of. small offset nuts are useful too. the first 15' protect fine.

finally came back to get this one done. an awesome medium stopper protects the crux (which you can back up with another small cam if you really want to)- such a good route!

Yo-yo style ascent. Hard to downclimb out of crux position.

Got the route clean, and on lead from below the crux, but the ascent style was unusual to say the least. My partner started to lead it, but decided against doing the crux, so he downclimbed to the first ledge, taking out pro, then traversed to the 10a to the right and finished on that. I didn't think the crux looked that bad, so decided to give leading it a shot (though I'm still breaking into the 5.10s trad-leading-wise). I followed up to the first ledge, maybe it was 5.9ish - then went on lead heading up to the crux. The rope went from me down, across the traverse my partner had done, up to the 10a anchors and then down to him, who was belaying (like a backwards 'N'). In retrospect we should have pulled the rope and let me start the lead from the deck - the rope drag was pretty bad, and I got the route clean (though I had expected to hang-dog the crux) - but we were in a hurry - it ended up being my only climb of the day, and thought doing it this way would be fastest. So, some may take issue with my calling this an onsight as I followed the first 10 feet or so up to the ledge - but I went on lead well below the crux, and I'm certain I would have gotten the start clean on lead and then had a good rest on the ledge. The 10d section might be called a one-move wonder - I'm short so it was more like two moves. The slick varnish probably actually helped me - I could see only one way to do the crux and it turned out to be the right way. Above the crux the crack is pretty easy - maybe 5.7-5.8. The crux can be protected with very small pro. None of my C3s would even fit, but fortunately I had one of my partner's 'ball sliding on a plate' dealies - forget what they are called. That fit in nicely. Had I thought I might get the crux clean I would have led the route from the start. Oh well - live and learn.

great climb that can look scarey from the bottom. Good pro

the begining you can easily protect with a 00 metolius. the crux is AWESOME.

This was my favorite route on the Brass Wall. Great rock, cool moves, good pro. Only one challenging move when the crack starts to peeter out.

Not 5.10d....5.10b/c. gear is no big deal.