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.