Sport route
Kryptonite5.14d (9a)
- Style
- Sport route
- Grade
- 5.14d (9a)
- Location
- Fortress of Solitude
- Country
- United States
- First ascent
- Tommy Caldwell, 1999
Kryptonite is presented as a sustained, high-end bolted testpiece on the Fortress of Solitude crag in Colorado. The line requires repeated hard sequences and small holds typical of steep sport routes at this grade; in the film the climb’s difficulty is emphasized by winter conditions that change footholds, friction and rest positions. The clip credits Tommy Caldwell with the route and frames Kryptonite as a singular, technically exacting 5.14d on compact, powerful terrain.
Films featuring Kryptonite
1 film, free to watch.
