Floridaputz
Trad climber
Oakland Park Florida
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Awesome 1st pitch, pitch 2 & 3 are still good but not as hard. Then comes P4. The nature of the climb completely changes. We went left for the last 3 slab pitches. I thought p4 was certainly "R" rated. I bit spooky but it warms you up for the rest of the run outs. Start this pitch at the very end of the crack past the belay spot. I think if you start too low you will be in for a much harder time.
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The Guy
Trad climber
Portland, OR
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Climbed this route 7/29/12. It was a great cruise. Started at 3:30 pm and off by 5:45. The fingers are so awesome that you can step or smear on just about anything. The friction traverse was the crux for me. Place a high nut in the left crack and traverse below it. The sustained fingers crux is not really noticeable.
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Vendelkrakker
Trad climber
Los Angeles, CA
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While I would definitely recommend this route, I'd have been somewhat disappointed that the upper pitches paled in comparison to pitch 1 had I not been having so much fun on the easy but serious runout sections above. I'm not sure where the 5.8 was on pitch 2, where the angle of the terrain begins to mellow out. (It may be 5.8 if you only use your fingers in the crack, but using your feet is much easier.) All that said, the views are wonderful and I'd give it 4 stars overall.
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schilds
Trad climber
eastside
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We had a great time on this route--perfect fall afternoon. We thought the way to go with the 60m rope was:
P.1--climb to optional belay (bottom of second crack)
P.2&3--link together (195')
P.4--referring to "alternate finish", 195'
P.5&6--simul all of this to large lodgepole, then enjoy the walk down
Great fun and a beautiful sunset with the moon over Tenaya Peak on the way down...
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Mei
Trad climber
mxi2000.net
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Hmmm... I might get on the climb this coming weekend. I'm thinking about bringing a bag with me to remove them (the boxer shorts...eee-yew) from the route if nobody else has done that. Is there any objection? I suppose they don't belong to the first ascent party. Thought I should check before I "alter" the route.
Edited four days later: Did pack a plastic bag and did get on the climb on Sunday, but to my relief, the trash was no where to be seen. Thanks to the anonymous (or the wind?) for doing the service.
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Mike Dahlquist
Trad climber
Oakland, CA
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Watch out for the boxer shorts at the stance just under the bolts near the top of the route. They aren't just any boxer shorts, but someone crapped their pants in them and cut them off with a knife. I'm not making this up. Other than that little surprise (which was probably worth the laugh) I enjoyed this route.
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Gary Carpenter
climber
SF Bay Area
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Ed:
This is actually the anchor at the top of Pitch 5 as shown in the SuperTopo guide. Remember we combined pitches 2 & 3.
Gary
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Was up this route yesterday, July 9 2005. It was a "re-hab" route to test out the body after a three week problem with my back. Everything seemed to work!
The beta: the left bolt of the three bolt belay station atop pitch 4 seems to have been damaged. The left-to-right bolts are Fixe, Fixe, SMC where the two Fixe are "new" and the SMC an "old" button head.
The bolt on the damaged Fixe seems to have been bent over towards the downcliff side, The nut no longer sits flat on the washer, and cannot be tightened properly. We did not remove the nut and inspect the bolt. It seems that this bolt may have been damaged by rock fall.
Assuming no internal damage to that bolt, the three bolts provide a good anchor for the relatively low angle pitch below. However, the damaged bolt should be examined if only to make sure the nut isn't about to unscrew from the bolt, especially if these bolts are used to rappel.
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Orion
Trad climber
San Francisco, CA
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I did the seam on the first pitch located between the two 5.8 starts to pitch 1 and was wondering if anyone else had done this to spice up the first pitch and what they thought the rating was?
Great route, my favorite part was looking back on pitch five and seeing the rope disappearing over the skyline below you, with nary a piece of pro, good thing the slab hiking is easy.
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Chris McNamara
SuperTopo staff member
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alramadan
Trad climber
Mill Valley, CA
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We did this route a week ago. Its totally awesome and a must do. The first two pitches are great finger cracks and the upper pitches are awesome friction climbing.
It's a solid 5.8 route and you have to be comfortable climbing a long way above your last piece. Combining pitch 1 & 2 is a good idea but not essential. Combining pitch 3 & 4 isn't so good, rope drag makes it really hard while friction climbing. There are plenty of good places to establish an anchor at the top of pitch 3.
The views are awesome and the rock is perfect. And you can go swiming in Tenaya lake after the climb. What a perfect place!
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Greg Barnes
climber
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Actually the best 60m linking beta is to do the right start & run pitches 1 & 2 together (requires that your partner simulclimb 40' up 4th class), then to run pitches 3 & 4 together (requires that you run it out and not place pro for the last 50' of the traverse of pitch 3). If you place too much pro then your rope won't quite make it, so this is only for experienced leaders...
Greg
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cragrat
Advanced climber
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With a 60m rope it seems a good idea to run pitches 2 & 3 together missing out the big ledge (belay 2) esp if you belay at the optional belay above pitch 1.
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ANuthertraddudeinCali
Novice climber
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You mean male titties on real fat dudes.
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calitradclimber
Intermediate climber
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This is one classic piece of work, don't lead this thing unless you fully understand what you are getting into. We simalclimbed most pitches, first one is long pitch so be ready. The views are beautiful, the rock is perfect, we did 3 people 4.5 hours car to car...still had time to watch titties jingle back down at the lake when we finished...what an amazing day....
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Greg Barnes
climber
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I removed the single 1/4" protection bolt on the 4th pitch. This bolt was not original, and about 8' too high for the logical route - many climbers never even noticed it. The Reid/Falkenstein guide did not show it, but the Supertopo does - but it is now gone. TM Herbert thinks we should put a new bolt in 8' lower, but everyone else seems to think "why bother" when the difficulty, and run-outs, are bigger higher on the same pitch anyway.
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This line ascends splitter cracks to face moves.Photo: Greg Barnes
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