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Death By 1000 Papercuts
Description
Start sitting on right hand crimp and left hand joke of a hold as for Assassin's Cradle Sit. Make the first 2-3 moves as Assassins, but the line soon diverges. Bump out left around the face through a neat sidepull to a decent edge, bumping up the slopers that lead up and left (rad!), paste your feet up high and establish yourself on the face to the left. From here sidepulls, lichen, jugs, and more lichen lead you up the highball face to a somewhat airy move up high. Don't blow it or 1000 papercuts won't sound like such a bad fate!
If you can't do the dope but heinous first move it's worth doing from the start holds of assassins cradle stand (left hand pinch and right undercling).
A bolt on top allows you to toprope or rap over the face. I tried to brush lichen off all the key hands and feet but as it fades into obscurity and the lichen grows back I'd recommend giving it a good wire brushing before attempting...
Location
Starts on the same holds as assassin's cradle sit (number 6 on Matt's topo), moves up and left around the corner to the flake/sidepull system (number 4 on Matt's topo) on the face.
Protection
Pads, but not stacked for the first move or you're only just cheating yourself ;)
Routes in The Assassin's Cradle
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