BETA PHOTO: The Prow from twopictures sliced together. The bo...
Description
The left-most climb on the main face of the wall, The Prow is pretty steep for a .10a trad route, but most of the holds are pretty bomber.
Start on a slab with two bolts before attaining the ledge that the main face towers over. It is wise to use long slings on these two bolts - or to unclip the first bolt once past the difficult move - because you'll feel the rope drag up top.
After the ledge, there's a .4" or .5" cam placement to protect moves on diagnol ramps/cracks below the first bolt. At the first bolt, the climbing gets steep as you pull up a discontinuous crack system on the blunt arete. Continue up this crack system as it gets less steep and leans to the right then power up to the finish.
Protection
Three bolts and gear to 3".
I'm 'pretty sure' you can walk around to the left to setup a top rope. There are three bolts up top for an anchor, though you should also bring slings long enough to get the rope over the side of the cliff (~15').
We did this route in '89 or '90, but we might not have been the first. There was a very poor 1/4 rawl drive with a retreat sling where the 3rd bolt is marked on the photo. I pulled that bolt and put in a new one. When did the 2 bolts low down get added?
There are several other good routes out there not mentioned on this site. A 5.8 or so to the L of the Prow, and at least 4 other good routes to the R of the Fin, one of them a nice 12a arete. If anyone knows where Chris is, let me know!
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