Rock Area Index / Cathedral Ledge / The Underground (5.11d)
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| Ten feet right of the start of Diedre, locate bolts
protecting moves up right slanting groove and into
right facing corner. |
Direct start to Deleightmaker's pitch 1 bolt ladder. All pitches free climbed individually as they were
cleaned from fall 2004 through summer 2005 by Bayard Russell and Ray Rice. Pitch two's bolts were drilled by hand, on lead from aiders.
Pitch 1: Scramble up to first bolt and follow corner/groove to top of p.1 of Deleightmaker. Crux at first bolt, 5.11, and again at top of corner. 5.11c
Pitch 2: Climb right-hand dihedral, crux, past one bolt
and fiddley nut protection. Traverse right at
horizontal to join Karen's variation and an obvious
belay ledge on right. 5.11d
Pitch 3: Traverse right off belay ledge towards two bolts
at start of right leaning groove/crack. Climb to
right side of Blueberry Terrace. 5.11b
Pitch 4: Directly above pitch 3, off right side of
Blueberry Terrace, scramble up to shallow dihedral,
small RP, 5.8+, linking features, past fixed pin,
toward arete fifteen feet right of Kinesis. Bolt at
crux on dark arete. Joins last few feet of Kinesis to
its anchor. 5.11c
Pitch 5: Scramble straight up to the woods.
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| Small cams to #1 Camalot size, extra small cams,
nuts including small RP type.
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| Walk off or rappel with 2 ropes. |
| July 7, 2006 - FA - Dana Drummond and Bayard Russell |
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