Piss Easy (aka West Face of Medlicott)  5.8

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Type:  Trad, 2 pitches, 250 feet Consensus:  5.8 [details] FA:  Submitted By:  caughtinside on Aug 13, 2007 You & This Route  |  Other Opinions (2) Your todo list: Your stars: Your rating: -none- [change] Your ticklist: [add new tick]

Brian leading p1 of Piss Easy. Crux bulge just ab...

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Description 

Piss Easy goes up the large crack in the right facing corner. Use a variety of OW moves and some features on the face. The low angle keeps the grade moderate.

p1--goes up the corner, surmounting a 2' bulge 3/4 of the way up, 5.8. Belay on a good ledge. 100'.

p2--Continue up the corner. The wide crack gets funkier, resulting in easier climbing, but harder to protect. I wouldn't call it run out though. 150', 5.7. Ends on large ledge.

The route continues up for a couple more pitches, but we didn't do them, opting to do the slab route Goldmember instead. There is no easy way down from the ledge atop p2, so you either need to continue up, or leave gear to rap. (you can rap if you do Goldmember.) Please add to this description if you've done the entire route.

Location 

40 feet right of Shagadelic, 250 feet right of the Yawn.

Protection 

Standard rack, emphasis on large cams (3 and 4 camalot)

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Brian leading p2 of Piss Easy	Josh contemplating the crux on pitch 1.	Looking down pitch 1.
Alanna finding a rest spot on pitch 2.	Josh starting the runout on pitch 3.	Topping out on the West Face route.