Banana Cake (Buttress)  5.7

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Type:  Trad, 1 pitch Consensus:  5.7 [details] FA:  Rich Thompson, Mike Raymond, and Steve Grossman 1976 Submitted By:  Jerry Cagle on Aug 3, 2008 You & This Route  |  Other Opinions (6) Your todo list: Your stars: Your rating: -none- [change] Your ticklist: [add new tick]

Nearing the top.

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Some might find this a bit heady. Crux is the first sequence of moves off the ground. Stays interesting for 15' +/-. Reachy move , then gets easier. Pro is limited at the start, but gets better in the middle, then run out (easy) at the top. Scramble over to the anchors on Monkey Business to rap off.

Location 

The obvious buttress left of Monkey Business chimney

Protection 

Gear. No anchors at top.