Desert Man  5.10a/b PG13

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Type:  Trad, Alpine, 4 pitches, 400 feet, Grade III Consensus:  5.10a/b [details] FA:  William Larue, Chris Cox (~2002), possibly other earlier Submitted By:  Chris Cox on Oct 2, 2007 You & This Route  |  Other Opinions (1) Your todo list: Your stars: Your rating: -none- [change] Your ticklist: [add new tick]

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Description 

This route follows a crack to the right of License and a Visa There was signs that the area has been climbed before but I think our line was mostly original.
From memory:
P1: Make your way up to an obvious corner crack kind of in the middle of this part of Pino Wall
P2: Climb the crack through some rock lettuce and exit left into a trough. Climb up the trough trending to the right over some thin, possibly dicey slab and belay.
P3: Keep heading straight up a left facing dihedral to a roof with some big sketchy looking blocks. Climb past the blocks and belay.
P4: Keep going to the top.

Sorry for the vague description I will try and post the original topo of the route.

Location 

Toward the south end of Pino Wall. Climbers right of "License and Visa"

Protection 

Standard Sandia Trad Rack. No fixed gear.