Shadowboxing | 9a Sport route

First ascent.

Climbing on the route fresh and having the opportunity to think over the route's difficulty, in addition to the unfortunate new discovery of a knee bar mid-crux has lead me to believe that 14c is a more accurate suggestion. Colorado, and certainly Rifle, have a reputation for stiff grades that I feel I should uphold. Like I've mentioned previously, I think that the best thing we can do with grades is take them lightly, remain honest and strive to keep consistency within an area. To me, 'Kryptonite' remains the standard for 14d on the Western Slope and as much as I would have liked it to, Shadowboxing can not rival it's difficulty. [1]

References

[1] http://www.jonathansiegrist.com/2011/10/shadowboxing.html

References

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ip928VM0i0g

https://www.8a.nu/news/first-9a-by-mark-anderson-39

https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2019/10/shadowboxing_9a_for_paige_claassen-72092