BURSTDelaney Miller has announced that at the end of September she sent Shadowboxing at Rifle, Colorado, a route first climbed by Jonathan Siegrist in 2011.
In 2024, Miller, a decorated comp champion, climbed another Colorado 5.14d with Fat Camp, about which she said, “I put a lot of work into training for this route. None of the moves are particularly hard, but it’s a very sustained route, with long sections of punchy, difficult climbing. The last boulder in particular gave me quite a bit of trouble. I fell at the top eight times before punching through. Took quite a bit more effort than The Crew 5.14c.”
About the route, Siegrist wrote on his once-often-updated blog: “Climbing on the route fresh and having the opportunity to think over the route’s difficulty, in addition to the unfortunate new discovery of a knee bar mid-crux has lead me to believe that 14c is a more accurate suggestion. Colorado, and certainly Rifle, have a reputation for stiff grades that I feel I should uphold. Like I’ve mentioned previously, I think that the best thing we can do with grades is take them lightly, remain honest and strive to keep consistency within an area.”
Jon Cardwell made the second ascent of Shadowboxing in 2015 and confirmed the grade of 5.14d. All other sends since Cardwell, including by Paige Claassen, Mark Anderson, Dan Mirsky, and Kyle Higby, have graded it 5.14d. After her 2019 send, Claassen said on 8a.nu, “Nearly made me do bicep curls to get stronger. All rests are underclings. Feeling swole.”
Shadowboxing 5.14d
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