Bob D at the bolt on A Hike With Ludwig Dude. Bob...
Description
There are a lot of routes on this beautiful slab which sort of run into each other. This one starts a few feet to the right of the right tree...Thin face moves, head around the left of the bolt on the face to stay on the route. Lots of fun smearing and such.
Protection
Pretty much nonexistent. There is a new bolt (which replaces the POS that used to be there), but it is about halfway up the route. TR is highly recommended. Easiest way to set this is to hike to the obvious gully, rap down to the two bolts that are ~25m above the ground. Then re-set your rope.
I was able to get a TCU or something in, maybe 25 feet below the bolt. I say PG.
By Tony B From: Boulder, CO May 27, 2002 rating: 5.10a PG13
Pro is not non-existent. You can place several locker small nuts that should hold a long sliding fall along the way. The only really scary runout on the cliff is the one on the 5.10 to the right ("Crack- Tack"). The rest have enough pro to keep them "s" instead of VS. You'd get cheese-grated, but a fall from these should not be career-ending.
If you start left of the tree you can get a blue (smallest) ballnut in the pin scar in the small overlap. This ballnut looks good and survived a bounce test. Above this is very good gear, as Tony says. But, we led this by climbing a ways up the 5.6 variation a couple feet further left, placing gear, and then having a diagonal top rope for the crux moves. If you start from right of the tree, not only is there no gear, as stated by Friso above, but it looks a lot harder, and it's a lot further to the bolt, since the ground slants down and right.
By Ken Heiser From: Boulder, CO Jan 25, 2004 rating: 5.10a
I agree with Tony that this route is adequately protected as the runout is protected by a super bomber piece. I also used the #1 ballnut in the overlap to protect the crux off the ground the placement looks really good and I think it would hold a fall. Really fun slab route.