Spring climbing conditions. Route may be wet after rainfall. Check weather forecast before climbing.
Spanking the Monkey is a 5.10+ YDS trad, 50 ft (15 m) located in Durango > Dry Fork Cliff. First ascent by Kossin and Giovaniello, 1990. 15' of bulging thin hands leads to perfect overhanging hand crack. This turns to a good finger crack before disappearing. Finish on sloping holds to a bolted anchor. Protection: Around the corner to the right of Shangri-La is an overhanging, thin hands crack.
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