BETA PHOTO: "Eff Four" goes up the right-leaning trough. Photo...
Description
This route is the big slot to the right of the Heart and Sole/Quickdraw area. A buddy and I first climbed this route when we arrived at Echo to find most of the starred routes already taken. The line looked kind of long and interesting, so we figured we'd give it a go. The climbing wasn't that great and we decided that this was a good reason not to do un-starred routes in the future.
Note: From the top, we descended by climbing above the route until we could cross a slab way to the left and then scramble down to the anchors for Stick To What. I don't recommended this, but I don't recall any other obvious easier way to get down at the time. Maybe someone has a better suggestion.
Protection
Standard rack of gear, maybe take extras if you're planning to place often. Long route! Place-your-own anchor.
The first third of this climb is fun. Takes good pro, and has some fun moves. The upper two thirds is a lower angle trough that just gets tedious. Still, the lower part makes it worthwhile.
Echo Rock - West Face
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