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In this Weekend Whipper, Colton Davidson gives us a premium GoPro display of his lead fall on Space Ranger (5.12-), a 90-foot classic on Lookout Mountain in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
According to Mountain Project, this sport route includes multiple stacked boulder problems. The description calls it both a “Southern-style trad route” and “quintessential to the aspiring hardman/woman’s tick list.”
Davidson agrees, calling it a “sick classic.” In this fall, he pumps out at the top of a runout slab section, taking 20-feet of air time before landing safely on the rope. We don’t blame him for screaming.
Lucky for Davidson, the route is extremely overhanging and he suffered no injuries. “I learned that it is important to be patient when trying hard, and even though a route seems intimidating, just going for it is the ticket to success,” he says. He adds that he ticked the redpoint the next day.
Happy Friday, and be safe out there this weekend.