Fastest Drill 

One brief comment: As Brian woefully discovered, the best route is to head *straight* to the left. Don't angle left and up toward the first pin, go straight left and then up to the pin. For the third bolt, ya just gotta commit. A very enjoyable route. And, as much as I hate to admit it, nice lead, Brian.

One other thing: if the belayer anchors into that big-ass rock down on that broad area at the base of Cowboy Boot Crack, s/he *should* be able to arrest the intrepid leader's fall before s/he decks.

Thanks for the props JC. It was fairly satisfying I have to admit. I only have one problem with the route though. I am still waiting for a member of the Nebraska contingent to sac up and lead this thing. . .

ATTENTION: After further research and guidebook consultation, this route is NOT named "Fastest Drill". The real route name is "Unzipped" and it is in the Falcon guide as a 5.7+. All over the other beta is correct though. Like I said in the route description this is way more run out than a 5.7 should be, but a fun route nonetheless.

For more clarification, here is some beta on the actual "Fastest Drill" route. Fastest Drill follows the first 2 or so pins on Trigger Finger. When TF goes straight up, you can follow Fastest Drill to the left. It shares the same anchors as Unzipped. They are kind of left of center at the bottom of the dome (about even w/ the climber's feet in the Trigger Finger Pic).

for a good TR variation climb to the second bolt of unzipped then head straight up to the last bolt of fastest drill...there are some blank sections but enough edges to suffice...I give it a .9 or.10..

If you want, it is possible to place a good cam on the traverse, but hard to say if it would help much anyway. About 1/2".