On May 19, Bend rock climber Ryan Palo had a breakthrough.
After competing in the bike leg of the Pole Peddle Paddle, Palo trekked over Misery Ridge to the backside of Smith Rock State Park to once again attempt a long, incredibly hard line on the Monkey Face—one which had haunted him for over a year. With his completion of Just Do It, a route rated at 5.14c, Palo became just the twelfth person to send the nearly 150-foot-long line, considered by most climbers to be the hardest route in the park and one of the toughest sport climbs in the U.S.
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The Paleo Diet: Local crusher Ryan Palo recently became the first Central Oregonian to climb 5.14c at Smith
Palo became just the twelfth person to send the nearly 150-foot-long line, considered by most climbers to be the hardest route in the park and one of the toughest sport climbs in the U.S.
