Rice Cake Roof 

FA:  D. Katz 1982 Type:  Trad Consensus:  5.10d [details] Length:  1 pitch, 80 feet Views: 148 page views Submitted By: Chris Miller on Jan 1, 2005 Add Photo  Add Comment

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Description 

The east face of Foolproof Tower is capped by a roof which is split by several crack systems; this takes the left-hand crack over the largest section of roof.

Start on High Strung and climb to about the midway point then cut right and follow a low-angled ramp/corner system until under the roof. Lauch out the roof using good jams to a crux lip encounter high above the desert floor. Descend by circling around to rap anchors atop High Strung.

Although the crux is brief the moves and the setting make this a climb to seek out if climbing at the grade. Those seeking a more sustained route should climb the face route right of High Strung (Animal Magnestism, 5.11a) which leads more or less directly to the upper crack.

Protection 

pro to 3"