Long and sustained, brace yourself for a continuum of sneaky moves as the thinness crescendos just shy of the finish. There's a good bit more here than first impressions might suggest. Commence ten feet right of "La Maudite" and finesse the opening groove, then fire onto the long headwall. Crimp like there's no tomorrow as the crux seems to go on and on and on! Shares anchors with "La Maudite".
I did this today, but cut off before the headwall. (This isn't in the new Gillett book; I had no idea how difficult it was.) Instead, I finished up on the crack at the top of La Maudite. I clipped the top 2-3 bolts of this climb, but next time would probably clip the bolts on La Maudite, rather than strain to clip the bolts on this climb. My friends and I thought this variation would probably be a 5.8 or 5.9.
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