A RMNP classic.  One of the very best V11s in all of Colorado.  Very cool holds, technical beta, perfect landing, and great body tension give this route four stars.

Crux for me is holding the tension after sticking the undercling and getting my right foot into a backstep on the rail, although some people think it is going to the undercling.

From the undercling and sidepull it is V9 and is the original line called Veritas.  Veritas Low Left begins on flake down and left from the vertical sloping rail on Veritas Assis proper.

Veritas Assis

Bulgin' Out

Veritas

Veritas Left Sit (Assis)

Mandix

Menwax

Stripes

This problem starts on

Veritas Assis

sit (V11) and traverses left. The first move is a hard shoulder move. It continues through a technical sequence to a hard slap around the corner to a sloper. Then follow the incuts and jugs up the slab to the top.

This has fun moves on good stone. Whatever you do to get from the start to the midpoint, you will probably have to jump to the massive jug to finish. This is great stuff!

This would be 4 stars if it wasn't skipping three amazing moves.... Start high (you may need to stack a pad), pull on a left hand undercling and your right hand on a good edge next to it.

Some good tensiony moves lead you to the elusive topout. You may want a kneepad.

This has super fun movement on uniquely shaped holds.

If it wasn't such a great experience climbing this boulder, it would be goofy that there are five different starts to it, each lower than the last, but it's a damn fun boulder, and there's nothing goofy about it.

Start matched on the large flake, move left around the arete, and top out.

Stripes is a surprisingly fun one mover V9. Start wide on opposing holds, put both of your feet on, and fire up to the sharp pad-and-a-half jug. Top out on the low angle but funky finish.

It does have a sloping landing, so when you come down, they slide a bit (if you already have pads for

Veritas

, just load like four under this problem, and they won't slip). There are two obvious places to start. I started with my right hand on the low slopey pinch. Emerson's guidebook suggests starting on the bigger, more positive hold above. Either way, it's a big move up to the jug crimp. Your left hand starts on the positive edge out left, and make sure to establish on the wall before taking off for full difficulty. When I start on the wall, I'm so close I can't see the hold above.

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