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Screw all you chestbeaters. You send Thin Fingers and you can claim a 5.11 at Index (assuming you don't skirt the crux). Plain and simple. Doesn't mean you can send all of the 5.11s or even any of the other 5.11s, But... it does mean you sent a wicked f'n line!

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Screw all you chestbeaters. You send Thin Fingers and you can claim a 5.11 at Index (assuming you don't skirt the crux). Plain and simple. Doesn't mean you can send all of the 5.11s or even any of the other 5.11s, But... it does mean you sent a wicked f'n line!
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Most folks who actually know how to rate a climb do it on sight and on lead. Since '78 the upper thin crack has developed a couple of blocky steps that make the final finger crack after pulling past the bulge (which was the crux) much easier.

 

TF never was a technical 5.11 but an endurance climb, rated 5.11 because the pro was suspect without cams. IMO it is the easiest "5.11" at LTW. Best may be to ask Daryl Cramer what he now thinks TF should be rated.

 

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"Chris Henson plugs a perfect cam on Thin Fingers (5.11a), Lower Town Wall." Photo by Ben Gilkison / www.bentroy.com

http://www.climbing.com/exclusive/features/index_279/index2.html

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