In reply to dan gibson:
Haha yeah just to be clear I'm fairly used to the valley ass-kicking and yeah I'm not about to throw myself at some 5.10d then get upset because it's hard, actually the last time we were there me and my partner found 5.7 desperate and then left! I suppose it doesn't help that we knacker ourselves out doing other things beforehand.
I was actually just interested because I'd like to do more 5.10 cracks but don't really get the chance, I've done one in Orco and a couple when we've been out there but its hardly enough to really get an idea so I was looking to see if there was anything in the UK to benchmark my progress against or even see what a 5.10 hands splitter is like. I've not done Sons of Yesterday as I think I'd probably dog Serenity Crack at the mo. On things like Moby Dick I think the 5.10 is for the finger move at the bottom and the top is 5.9 and the middle pitch of Reeds Pinnacle I think used to get 5.9 but got upgraded for sustainedness so not sure I've really done a proper crack climb at the grade.
Anyway I'd really like to get out to Indian Creek or Red Rocks sometime so I'm somewhat reassured that I may be able to progress past 5.9 if I go from what people have said.