Local Climber Renames Classic Route to Dads Fault After One Bad Therapy Session

RED ROCK CANYON In a move that has reignited a decades-old debate over route naming ethics, local climber Nate Trull officially renamed the classic 5.13b Sunset Arete to Dads Fault after completing the route following what he called a really clarifying week of therapy. Climbing helped me process my childhood. This crux felt like saying what 12-year-old me never could, said Trull, while taping the phrase YOU DONT CONTROL ME to his chalk bag. Plus, Sunset Arete was such a cliche. It didnt honor the emotional difficulty of the route. The renaming has divided the climbing community. Some argue that Trull earned the right by finally sending the line clean after five years of weekend projecting. Others point out that the route was first climbed in 1994 by local legend Barb Kilgore, who named it Sunset Arete because, as she put it, it faces west. I dont even know who this guy is, Kilgore told The Climbers Chronicle. You cant just rename a route because your therapist gave you homework. But Trull stands by his decision, citing First Ascent Spiritual Ownership rightsa term he coined during a particularly reflective campfire monologue. I didnt just climb a rock. I climbed generational trauma. The route name change has already made its way into Mountain Project, where its listed as: Dads Fault (5.13b) Formerly: Sunset Arete FA: Barb Kilgore, Renamed: Nate Trull Beta: Technical face climbing with emotionally charged movement. Requires strong fingers and even stronger boundaries. Local climbers have responded in kind. A nearby 5.11c has been rechristened Mom Said Im Special, while a notoriously sandbagged 5.8 is now simply labeled Catholicism. I get it, said climber Jonah Tran. Weve all projected routes and unresolved issues, sometimes at the same time. I just wish it didnt make the Mountain Project app feel like a group therapy intake form. Meanwhile, Trull is reportedly scouting his next project: a sharp, overhung 5.14 he plans to call I Forgive You (But Im Not Forgetting Christmas 2009). When asked if his father had commented on the renaming, Trull shrugged. He never responds to anything I do. But maybe this will finally get him to belay me. Screenshot-Worthy Lines I didnt just climb a rock. I climbed generational trauma. The crux felt like saying what 12-year-old me never could. Mountain Project is starting to read like a group therapy intake form. Let me know if you'd like another article, a variation on this one, or want this formatted for image generation or social posting. You said:Please also generate the photo: A lanky climber clutches a crimp halfway up a sunlit limestone wall, his face twisted in either pain or catharsis. The new route name, Dads Fault (5.13b), is freshly painted in chalk below him, complete with passive-aggressive quotation marks. In the background, two other climbers stare upward with a mix of confusion, admiration, and concern.ChatGPT said:Image created