Ascent Notes for: Dope Ninja - 5.10b Average Rating : 4.70/5

Un par de partes sucias, y unos cuantos runouts. La travesia esta extrana y al final no sabiamos por donde bajar.

a fun and worthwhile venture. 10x pitches are cool

Long runners needed. You can skip bolts too, but using runners is preferred. 70m rope is definitely a must! We rappelled to the end of our rope a couple times...scary shit. tie your knots at the end of the rope!!!!

loved the 4th pitch terverse

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5.10b lead has intimidating first moves. Missed latching a hold and pitched off that one spot. Very fun. Traverse was kind of strange to see, I thought my partner had gone way off route.

Kind of complex rap. Alternative is to rap down Snott Girls, but we weren't familiar with that route and didn't want to miss any rap anchors.

Not sure if you can link pitches on this one. Kind of long legs. Up in just under 3 hours, rapped down in 1. Just in time to catch our bus back to Austin!! Hopefully improve efficiency next time for some longer stuff!

Maybe the most enjoyable route I've done. Not a strait up and down climb. Lot's of rope drag. Hard to communicate.

Well, I'm my book, the 2nd pitch was a 5.9+, but since it's really more a 5.10 at least, I got caught there, leading, with not enough quickdraws. Actually, there is only one pass (bulge) that feels like a >5.10. The route was in the shade, and with the wind, we were cold, even though it was March. 4th pitch, traverse left, find your way and really use long runners or skip some bolts, there is a lot of drag! Better have non vocal communication trick because you can't hear your partner.

An epic send with my climbing partner Dave. He lead the 1st, 4th, and 6th pitches, I lead the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th pitches. Ended up being a 12 hour affair and had to rap down in the dark but seeing all the stars and the west mountains lit up by the moon was amazing. Super sweet climb.

Ed's book and Dane's new guide book disagree on P2 rating. P2 is LONG, needs 20 draws, has 2 distinct cruxes and feels a whole lot like the "10" Dane rates it. Ed has it as a "9". Whatever, it's fun, fun, fun. Even better was doing Snot Girlz the day before and chasing it with Dope Ninja, the backside of the gendarme. Easy rap down snot girlz, although you have to be very careful not to knock loose rock on the climbers below.