Climbs

Climb Name Type Grade # Ascents Recorded Notes Exclude Reason
Bone Saw Boulder problem 8B+ 6
Box Therapy Boulder problem 8C 6

Initially 8C+ was suggested and the first few repeats seemed to agree with this. In 2023 Katie Lamb climbed the problem, which would have made her the first woman to climb 8C+, but subsequent ascentionists have suggested that 8C is more appropriate and Daniel Woods (who made the first ascent) has retrospectively adjusted his opinion to 8C.

The problem is near Box Lake in Colorado which is where the name comes from.

Braille Trail Trad climb E7 6
Bronx Sport route 8c+ 6
Bügeleisen SDS Boulder problem 8C 6
Caroline Boulder problem 7C+ 6
Caviar Sport route 8a+ 6
Compass North Boulder problem 8B+ 6
Dark Side of the Compass Boulder problem 8B+ 6
Defying Gravity Boulder problem 8C 6

The crux first move is 8B+ on it's own, with a tricky ~8Aish sequence still to do after you stick the start.

Duel Boulder problem 8A 6
El Corazon Boulder problem 8A+ 6
Evil Backwards Boulder problem 8B 6
Fallingwater Sport route 8c 6

Bolted in 2006 by Ally Smith and Freddy Mead they then tried the route in 2007 before abandoning it. Freddy then came back 16 years later and finished off the line!

Approximately an 8A boulder in to a 7c/7c+/8a route (depending on who you ask).

Femme Fatale Trad climb E8 6
Fight or Flight Sport route 9b 6
Flex Luthor Sport route 9a+ 6
Grand Illusion Boulder problem 8C+ 6
Gravediggers Trad climb E8 6
Harder Faster Trad climb E9 6

Harder Faster is the harder, scarier direct finish to Gaia.

Seb Grieve:

Very wild climbing. After the 'easy' Gaia start, paste right foot high and layback. Repeat twice and arrive at ledge. Graunchy mantle that could easily go wrong. Top roped clean several times but could not bring myself to lead.

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