Curving Vine is a quality route. its not as popular as other diamond routes and may be a good choice on those busy days. ie. fri, sat and sun, and somtimes mon, tue, wed and thurs.
p.1 find the start just left of D7 and crank up the steep corner. not the best pro off the deck at .10b/c. continue up to two huge belay bolts (part of the D7 raps).
p.2 climb out the left side of the roof and up a great left facing corner. step left (10.b) at a pin and belay at a mess of old webbing and pins.
p.3 climb up and step back right. follow this nice crack to the 11a crux just before a good stance. belay here.
p.4 start up the crack on the right and do the annoying reach past a chunk-o-vegetation (5.10). then continue up great 5.8/9 corner until its possible to traverse left to Perverticals 4th belay. an incredible exposed traverse and 5.7 to boot! there are two possible traverses here. make sure and take the 2nd!
p.5 from here take youre on Pervertical Sanctuary to the top. its nice to have AT LEAST one #4 camalot for this beautiful but sustained 4 inch crack.
p.6 take the 5.9 crack above to table ledge.
keep in mind that you will be joining the quite popular Pervertical Sanctuary so keep an eye on the traffic there and decide if its better to race em or wait for em.
Protection
Bring your standard Diamond rack. Singles or doubles of cams up to #3 Camalots. A #4 Camalot comes in handy here and there but is very important for p5 of Pervertical.
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