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The Gallery in Southern Region

Trad  Mixed  Sport  Total  5.8      1  1  5.9  1      1  5.10  2    6  8  5.11  1    5  6  5.12    1  4  5  5.13      2  2  5.14      1  1  Grade Unknown      2  2  Total  4  1  21  26

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Routes

1. Thin Skin 5.10b **  2. Blank Canvas 5.12c *** (S)  3. Crude Awakening 5.10b *** (S)  4. DaVinci's Left Ear 5.10b *** (S)  5. Smack Dab 5.11b ** (S)  6. Different Strokes 5.11c *** (S)  7. Random Precision 5.11b **** (S)  8. Stucco nu 5.11+ ***  9. Zen and the Art of Masturbation 5.12d **** (S)  10. The Shocker 5.14b ***** (S)  11. Dark Side of the Flume 5.9  12. Weak Sauce Project Grade Unknown (S)  13. Gold Rush 5.11d **** (S)  14. Mosaic 5.12c **** (S)  15. All That Glitters 5.12c **** (M)  16. Calm like a bomb 5.13a *** (S)  17. Break the Scene 5.12a **** (S)  18. The Tribute 5.13a (S)  19. All That Quivers 5.10b **  20. Happy trails 5.10b *** (S)  21. The King Lives On... 5.10b *** (S)  22. Johnny B. Good 5.11a *** (S)  23. 27 Years of Climbing 5.8 ***** (S)  24. Closed Project Grade Unknown (S)  25. Murano 5.10c *** (S)  26. A Brief History of Climb 5.10c *** (S)

Wall Comments
User: someone Date: Mar 1st, 2005 Comments: Confusing directions and difficult to locate routes.
User: Astroman Date: May 2nd, 2005 Comments: I think "The King Lives On" and "Johnny B Good" are in the wrong spot. There is nothing but a strikingly blank face between Mosiac and the 5.12 corner. And "Mosiac" deserves at least 2 stars.
User: Astroman Date: May 2nd, 2005 Comments: I think the name of the 5.12 corner is "All That Glitters." It's one bad-ass looking route.
User: Astroman Date: May 4th, 2005 Comments: Still in the wrong spot. "Gold Rush" and "Mosaic" are right next to each other... I think "The King..." and "Johnny..." are way down to the right (past "Unnamed Sport Route")... I think...
User: Gaar Date: May 31st, 2005 Comments: To the right of Johnny there are 3 more climbs, they didnt have tags so i did two of them. the middle of the 3 has the 2nd and 3rd bolt chopped,dont know why. but it was!
User: someone Date: Jun 17th, 2005 Comments: This area needs some serious trailwork. The poison ivy forest trail was unbelievable.
User: hoss Date: Jul 5th, 2005 Comments: Anyone know the route to the right of the one w/ chopped bolts. I was told it was an 11.b, it's super fun although it needs cleaning. I had four different feet explode underneath me.
User: climbon Date: Apr 5th, 2006 Comments: Does anyone know the name of the climb to the immediate left of davinci's left ear....i believe that it is mid 10's or so but don't really know.....
User: Wes Date: Apr 5th, 2006 Comments: Unless something new went up in the last few weeks, Davici's left ear is the last route on the left side of that wall. There is one other route farther to the left, but it is much harder then 5.10.
User: michellerossi25 Date: Sep 19th, 2006 Comments: On the map of the Gallery, there are only three routes listed on the wall with Davinci's left ear, but there are actually four bolted lines. I think there is one to the right of that route that is not in either guidebook. Anyone know anything????
User: Ray Date: Nov 24th, 2006 Comments: Parking Area GPS Coordinates: Latitude 37.65139, Longitude 83.71667
User: Josephine Date: Dec 29th, 2007 Comments: route #22 should be "a briefer history of climb" - it's listed in the new guide book as a 10b trad route by blake.
User: JR Date: Jul 30th, 2008 Comments: What is the route left of Gold Rush on the Mosaic wall??? Looks cool. Is it finished yet?
User: Ray Date: Jul 30th, 2008 Comments: Horatio and Lurk bolted it. Not sure if any of those weak sauce boys have sent it yet though.
User: staticjen Date: Jul 21st, 2009 Comments: We were looking for a low key day and were wanting to try to onsight a bunch of 5.10s, we hadnt been to the far right end of the crag yet so we checked it out. Great area!! Long routes great moves well protected. The grades felt a little soft but when you want low key day its perfect!!

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Route details are copyright Ray Ellington, John Bronaugh, and other Red River Gorge climbers. Climbing is an inherently dangerous sport. The information in this guidebook is subject to error and should supplement never replace common sense and caution, competent guidance and instruction, and actually being outside. One should be especially cautious on matters of route length, descent type, and number of bolts (especially since such things do change occasionally).