This is an old Mike Brooks, Kyle Copeland aid route (5.9 A2) between Initial Route and Super Scooper. P1: Climb the left side of a sharp fin to a slab (5.8). P2: Crank out a roof crack, then hand traverse left to a hanging, right-facing corner, and follow this to a tree (5.12a). Rap 90 feet to the ground.
This is a big roof with big holds, knee bars, and some good movement.
Location
The right side of the Super Scooper buttress, approx. 200 feet above the creek.
Protection
Include a #4 Camalot. There is a fixed wire, and several fixed pins (all good- we tested with a hammer).
It is easy to top rope this climb off the tree at the top of Super Scooper with a 70m rope (you'll need 2 cordelettes or 4-8 slings to get the rope in position and back the tree up. I used a slung horn). Runsholl is fun, steep and pumpy. The pins can be clipped on the way down for convenient directionals. You scored freeing this, Steve. Very surprising it wasn't free climbed until 2006.
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