Cardinal Richelieu

The climb is difficult to find, but can be identified by the "elephant ear" flake near the bottom and the "cat claw" flake in the middle of the North Face of Upper Peanuts Wall. I finally tracked down this climb because it was the ONLY 5.8+ in Eldo that I had never climbed. In the book it gets a *, but I disagree. This review is meant to WARN you about this route, not to encourage you to go climb it.

My partner (a 5.10 climber in his own right) said that he would never lead the route and that he thought it would be a horror for an intermediate leader.

The pro is difficult in places and non-existent in others. Where it is available it is usually in questionable rock. This route could end the climbing career of anyone who is not "SOLID" at this grade of climbing.