Any route or boulder problem that starts out of or near an occupied campsite may not be done without first obtaining the campsite occupant's permission.
You can also descend between The Mikado and Crown Jewels by crawling through a small hole and down a couple of wide chimneys. It will drop you a lot closer to your packs, but it's a bit of a grunt and it may not save you much time.
Top roped this route with a #11 BD hex #2 camalot, and 2 30' slings, one sling cinched around a rock up top. Mostly large pro needed for TR. There is and easy ascent to set the top rope about 20' left of the duchess, once on top, just keep going over til you get to the climb. Nice crack climb!
By rhyang From: San Jose, CA Nov 27, 2006 rating: 5.7
A #4 camalot protects the first move. We descended by traversing to climber's left across an exposed ledge system to a bolted rap station.
Fun short route with the crux at the start of the open book. Above the crux it's a blast and has opportunities for hand/foot jams and holds outside the crack as well.
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