There's the notorious run out...

that section looks HUGE from this angle! Its not really as bad as it looks- although definitely heads up...

Yeah, well, try climbing that section in the rain...

Try climbing the obvious groove that curves up and right. It's the way the pitch is described in Handren's book...and no runout.

I did climb the groove- its the only way up, but i dont remember any pro being there, or if there was, any pro placed along with the pro above would create horrendous rope drag...

Really? I assumed people were climbing straight up based on the photos/descriptions here. It looked doable, but definitely no pro. I had 4 pieces in between my belayer and the first piece in this photo (and no drag).

memory returns- i ran it out so the second wouldnt penji severely if they popped on the traverse over there. i think i did put a piece in the top part of that groove thing. the thing i really didnt care for on this route were the anchors- there really weren't any until the last pitch.