Although we had gotten occasional glimpses of the final section as we climbed, I was completely unprepared for just how big the 3rd Tier actually was. Joe Josephson's guide describes it as 1-1/2 pitches of climbing, culminating with the crux grade 5 section. To our exhausted eyes it looked almost as wide as the Weeping Wall and as tall. We had set a 3PM turnaround and it was just after 2 when we got to the base of it so we decided to call it a day. We weren't sure how the rappels would go and in a moment of fast-and-light hubris had left our packs and headlamps at the base of the first pitch. So, after taking a number of pictures and eating a snack we called it a day.

Interestingly enough there were bolts on the rock under the hole in the curtain on the left. It looked as if someone had been working on a mixed line that climbed up the rock and then got on the curtain from the back. I'd sure love to see them do it!

The picture doesn't do justice to the size of the final curtain. Due to foreshortening it looks fairly small, but I assure you it is anything but.