Watch 1987 Send of Rude Boys 5.13c in Smith Rocks
In 1987 the Smith Rocks were a gathering place for the world’s best climbers.
Routes like To Bolt Or Not To Be, East Face of Monkey Face, Scarface and Rude Boys represented the new standard of sport climbing in America.
The technical crux of V6/7 is after the first bolt and then you head into the “rose move” and a dynamic V5 crux.
The hard climbing ends at the fourth bolt but the 5.11 slab at the top is run out.
Watch a send of Rude Boys 5.13c by Heinz Mariachar, first climbed by Alan Watts in 1987.
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