7/8/11 - Less than three weeks after putting up Washington State's hardest sport route, Jonathan Siegrist onsighted Doomsday (5.14a) Tuesday in Ten Sleep, Wyoming.
The route sits at the blue-and-orange-streaked Sector D'or et Bleu wall. "Not totally sure if I did it the 'right' way," Siegrist said in an email, "but it begins with a hard backwards undercling cross to a poor crimp, and fires into a strenuous, over-your-head double gaston. Felt super shouldery." Siegrist commented that the route suited him well, and he felt it to be a little soft. Regardless, "I'm psyched for sure," he said.
The next day, Siegrist flashed F'd in the A (5.14a) at the Superratic Pillar. "It felt awesome because F'd is a brilliant route," he said. "I think I'm actually more excited about that send just because I loved the route so much."
The hardest Siegrist had onsighted previously was 5.13d, but "none felt solid for the grade," he said. He had flashed up to 5.14a.
