This is the farthest route right on the bulge wall, or the farthest left on Menses prow, depending on how you look at it. Ascends the face just to the right of the grassy gully just before the apex of the prow. Take the sand gulch trail as described for the rest of the gallery. Veer right at the first fork in the trail, and left at the second fork. Period Piece is the first route you come to when the trail meets up with Menses Prow.
I personally feel this route is a litte easier than its 5.8 rating (I THINK it's listed as a .7 in Stuart Green's Colorado guidebook). Ascend fairly easy and gradually steepening rock through 7 bolts directly up the face. Crux is high on the route, where the angle steepens and the holds thin out a little. Every more difficult move is well protected, and almost every bolt has a bomber clipping stance. The rock is very solid, with very few of the typical Shelf Road sharp edges. This route makes an excellent introduction to Shelf Road limestone for a beginning or intermediate leader.
Seconded and cleaned this route this weekend. I noticed that the bolts are about 1/2 way worn through. It seems like this route gets a lot of beginner/TR business and obviously there's been a lot of lowering off the bolts.
For the geology buffs out there, look for the cool little trilobite about 2/3 to 3/4 of the way up on a little shelf to your left.
Pretty sustained, but I love looking for all the pockets. It's like a treasure hunt! Anchor bolts are a little scary. I'd leave the last bolt clipped for a back-up.
Menses Prow
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