Geriatric Journey

Geriatric Journey is an excellent new route in Rifle, and it is not to be missed. It is a long route that requires an 80 meter rope or you must lower twice. Make sure you tie a knot in the end of your rope no matter what length of rope you have.

The route is characterized by long, steep, technical climbing. A hard crux is encountered right off the ground that you can protect by stick clipping the second bolt and is followed with great, sustained climbing that is mostly 5.10 and easy 5.11. There's another mini crux at mid-height that will probably get easier as better beta is discovered and chalk covers the best holds. You can shake out at the top before the final crux, pulling through the bulge to reach the top anchor.

It is in between

Perfect Gun

and

Z Man

on the right side of the Nappy Dugout in the area of the popular 5.10s such as

PMS

. Start from the same belay area as

Z Man

and

Mr. Cranky Pants

.

20 bolts with an anchor on top and a midway anchor for lowering twice if you don't have a 80 meter rope.

Per

Seth Cohen

: as of 8/13/2020, there's a bolt missing maybe 2/3 of the way up (or something).