A couple of weekends ago, I managed to get outside and check out an area of Three Sisters I have never been to before. First we headed up to the Wisdom Wall, where for some reason I could not figure out the top moves of Wisdom and jumped down. I also started to work Undercover Brother, but am completely baffled on how to do the opening moves. After the Wisdom Wall we hiked up a little further and got on this cool highball right off the trail. I managed to send after a few goes and Matt followed suit shortly after. I also got footage of Matt soloing this route, but the color is way off. I am in the process of trying to see if I can salvage it.
It also seems the new trend in Colorado is to downrate everything. One of these problems getting a suggested downrating is Clear Blue Skies. I have been working this problem for to long and should have sent it by now. Especially considering it is my style with being hard moves on small crimps with good feet on an overhanging wall. Originally given a rating of V13 it is now being called V11. Having not climbed it yet, I can not really comment on the grade. All I can say is it feels harder. With this climb is it that is easier than first perceived are do other factors come into play. If you Google search Clear Blue Skies climbing, you get tons of hits. You can see countless video footage and read about all kinds of beta. Also the question comes into play if more people do something then is it easier. Instead of looking at it in the opposite direction and saying people are getting stronger and standards of what were are being redefined.
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