Joe Kinder on Garbage Pail Kids
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Last year, Joe Kinder finally finished off his route, Garbage Pail Kids (5.14b) in Rifle, Colorado. Kinder began bolting the aptly named route in 2011 and spent five days cleaning what he refers to as a “dirty bastard.” On his blog, Kinder wrote, “The turd became a polished turd and the climbing turned out to be fu**ing AWESOME!”