Has a crux down low, and then has pretty fun, rambly climbing. This route is kind of squeezed in with Pitchfork and Pale Rider, and about a third of the way up all three routes converge. Stick with the middle line if you want the climbing to stay at 5.9.
By Daniel Trugman From: Los Alamos, NM Jun 16, 2009 rating: 5.9+
Great moderate sport route with cool, varied moves and a line that just keeps going! Crux is the first twenty five feet with easier but arguably more entertaining 5.8 above.
I'm guessing a 50m rope won't work as I had less than twenty feet left in my 60m after lowering off.
By Chris Wenker From: Santa Fe Jun 29, 2009 rating: 5.10-
Does the anchor seem off-route, too far to the right? It seems like there's a big swing potential for any toprope followers. Or were we off-route?
My belayer was holding the halfway mark on my 60m rope exactly when I hit the anchor, so a 50 wouldn't do it.
By Daniel Trugman From: Los Alamos, NM Jun 29, 2009 rating: 5.9+
I think the anchors were put in before the route was climbed (probably to provide a top-rope anchor for cleaning) and thus it wasn't clear at the time where the line was going. I agree that the anchors are a little off to the right but I'm not sure it's a big enough deal to warrant moving them (I presume this is the FAs line of thinking as well).
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