This is no Vitaliy TR, so don't set your bar too high...

There are a lot of rope-stretching routes in the Owens River Gorge, but there are very few (comparatively) multi-pitch routes.

Most of the multi's are up-stream from the Lower Gorge, the exception being "Titty Twister" (5.8 A3+ - the 5.8 gets a bomb, the A3+ gets 3 stars), pretty much insuring no-one will do it ever...

So when I spotted a line that looked like two "free" pitches in the Lower, I had to check it out.

It is like a unicorn down there - it can't be true...

Rapping in from the rim:


I set an anchor, but on the rappel down, the ends of the 70-meter rope were WELL off the ground.
I cleaned the route and put in a second anchor, then recruited MisterT to help with the send. At the last minute, W.L. contacted me to join us - which is sweet for pics. Thanks for the help and camaraderie, you guys!











http://www.mountainproject.com/v/diamond-in-the-tuff/111867667