I saw that ‘Strawberry Daquari with a Cherry on Top’ problem went from a V1 to V4, then back down to V2/V3 within the span of 1 hour. Those holds to look sweet as hell. It’s one of those you can choose to pinch on the whole thing, or crimp on parts of the textured edges.

Yeah, ratings are sometimes easy to change with a little turn of the hold. The V1 rating was just a wish when we were just staring at the holds on the ground. As the holds went up and into some sense of position V1 was becoming a fading memory. The move to the 4th hold brought things into some higher realm. I had a rough time trying to do a dropknee manuever on a hold the was 3/4” too high (for me to step up to, possibly due to my freakishly long arms), so I turned the hold so the edge I was stepping to was a smidgen lower, and that did the trick. V4 (or worse) became V2/V3. Mike suggested V3 after a few goes at the cross-over move which is definately not easy. And some folks are having trouble with the finish (like me).

Can’t wait to get back on this problem… All the moves are fun and the holds are so sticky, I love it.

Glad to hear that people are digging the E-Grip holds…(Maybe you all should convince Tom to get set up with our First Dibs program here at E-Grips/Trango – a new set of holds every month!!!) Anyway, it was nice to get on the 5.11s at FP and set the Daquari problem. V1 was the original goal so we could get as many people trying out the new holds, but as usual, cool moves/sequences led to a stiffer rating. Still a good problem finishing on the red Papas Turtle.

Mike, you should it! It just rains and rains good climbers under the Turtle!

btw, we ARE going to go with the First Dibs (e-grips hold buying program) as soon as I can get the club (not me) to pay for them.