On the west face of the boulder, start matched on a flake. Traverse climber's left through many boulder problems no harder than V4 or V5. The traverse climbs like a route, so expect it to be more like a 12d/13a with defined rest in it. It ends on a big, flat jug before the mega hard extension called

Golden Arms

. This traverse is incredible and absolutely a Sailing Hawks classic. So, if you can't find a rope partner, this is the next best thing.

For the locals, we're starting a speed trail. Why not? Try to do sacred as fast as you can. As of 12/5/15, I was able to do the whole traverse in 2 minutes 16 seconds. Nolan Robertson and Erik Durgin destroyed my time shortly afterwards. Post your times on this page through ticks or comments.

Sacred Traverse

Golden Arms

This is the BEST leftward traverse in Durango. It has amazing rock quality and fluid movement. This monster of endurance and power has roughly 7 cruxes ranging from V5-V7. There are several rests, some easy to utilize, some teasingly bad. Overall, it is an amazing feat to link it.

It is one of my favorite climbing accomplishments, and it is really fun to climb 100+ feet of sustained difficult cruxes without having to clip! There are around 82 difficult moves to the victory slab traversing to the finish.

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