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The Rainbow Wall's most difficult catalogued route.

5.13b
grade
Trad Gear
style

This route represents the hardest climb catalogued at the Rainbow Wall, standing at the top of a grade span that runs from 5.9 to 5.13b across nine routes at the crag.

Photo of the crag

The Rainbow Wall — the crag this route is on
The Rainbow Wall, Nevada — this photo shows the crag, not this individual route.Photo: Jarek Tuszyński, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)

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