Ascent Notes for: Mellifluous - 5.11a Average Rating : 4.32/5

at the crux.

variety.

...kind of slabby crux with much easier climbing before and after.

I've top roped this a couple of times, but never tried leading it. Tricky cruz on thin gear.

1st 5.11 trad lead - 2nd go.

short-lived crux but amazing from bottom to top!

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lol woah the crux gets warm in the sun

In my top 5 of all time (even though I haven't climbed that many routes in my lifetime). As others have said, there is something for everyone. The crux move is puzzling, and it felt a little desperate, like I could have popped at any moment. Fun stuff.

No longer fixed gear at the crux.

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7/16/2011 -- Came back for the lead. I don't know what happened, but I popped at the crux. It felt easy as I was doing it, but my foot blew. Dammit!
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10/16/2011 -- Finally finished it off. Felt easy, and my foot didn't pop!

A great pitch, throws a little bit of just about everything at you in 100 feet. The thin low-angled crux caught me off guard, I thought that the hardest climbing would be the low crack or the orange corner up high. Brilliant climbing from bottom to top. My partner could not clean a #3 BD brassie at the crux - sorry to the locals for denigrating this otherwise pure trad climb. On the other hand, now there's a fixed nut at the crux - no excuses not to try this one!

short technical 11a crux surrounded by 5.9 to 10 climbing