Christa Cline stemming the initial corner of Heidi...
Description
This route starts at the same location as Politicians, Priests, and Body Bags, about 50' left of the painted 67. Climb up the right-facing dihedral as for PP&BB, but get onto the ledge to the left before you get to the first bolt. Then climb up a hand crack on a slightly overhanging face to a V-shaped slot and scramble up to the top.
The climbing is no harder than 5.8, but it's a bit tricky, and there aren't any rests above the ledge for a while, so gear-placement can be a bit tough. Not so good for top-roping, because the route wanders a bit and because it's a tough place to set up a good TR anchor. Nonetheless, the climbing is quite fun.
Protection
Several medium cams (about #1 or #2 Camalots, maybe a bit smaller for the bottom). Larger nuts may work in places, but are tough to set well. Long slings - the route wanders. Maybe a cordalette to sling a boulder at the top.
Don't be scared off if all you don't have many cams. I found that larger nuts were easy to place. I used a #2, #1 and #0.75 Camalot, but would not have needed that many cams if I had a double set of nuts.
There is now an independent bolted anchor for this route. I don't know the origin, but it certainly seems to be more environmentally responsible to rap off than to create more erosion by walking down.
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