Rim Shot 

Make sure to continue P1 out of the pod and to a small ledge with a pin. Otherwise it is quite difficult for your partner to pass by.If you are "short" or not good at offwidth climbing (like me), the crux of pitch 3 is getting into the crack after chimneying behind the flake. A #4 camalot or wide cam is great for this. The rest of the pitch is quite casual and very cool!P5 is VERY loose to say the least. Overall Rim Shot is an enjoyable climb and in the shade most of the day which is nice if it's hot.

P1: definately don't stop at the stupid pod, contrary to IC guidebook suggestion.

We used a # 4.5, which corresponds to the new BD #5. It's not compulsory, but usefull twice:P3: when you exit the tunneling bit with a couple of unsecure wide moves. If you fell there, it's a 25-ft down and right pendulum into a narrowing chimney. You'd most definately regret it! P4: If you have the 4.5, you can always say you placed it to get the weight off your belt.

P5 is loose, but you're standing on a ledge, placing pro if you like, making a move etc. And your partner is not standing straight under. So, loose, yes, but not scary.

P3&4 form an awesome, unmistakable line which you can admire from the cliff base. Once at the belay between those two pitches, the panorama is stunning.

some small to med. nuts will come in handy on the 2nd pitch. You can rap this route with one 70m rope (careful on 2nd rap- just reaches anchors)

-- We linked Pitch 1 & 2 together with a 60m rope.
-- Look for a single belay bolt on the ledge at the end of pitch 4
-- We didn't quite understand where P5 goes, you can easily traverse off and scramble to the summit.
-- We rapped off the West side with 2 60m ropes, the last pull was difficult and we had to do ~20 feet of downclimbing.

Amanda and I climbed this on July 4th 2005. We were in the shade and were still really warm.
We tried to do this a few months before after a few of the other Bridger Jacks, but we did not have a guide book and I climbed up the offwidth/chimney below pitch 2. I scored a #3 camalot on the bottom of the chimney that someone must have dropped while climbing the stembox. The straight up variation was not that bad, there was ok gear and it was a fun chimney.

Rapping "Aging Salesmen" 5.11+ is the best way down from the top of the Bridger Jack.

Just got back from Rim Shot. What a great route. The 4th pitch felt harder than 5.11-. Something about the off size got us. Totally loved the route and the 3rd stem box pitch is absolutely incredible. The most fun I've had off the deck.

Pitch two (.10+) was a little confusing. Past the pod I went straight into the chimney and followed the splitter crack that pinched down to tips. From there stuffed a #4 on the left side of roof. If that was'nt right let me know because it was a super fun pitch. The stembox was out of this world sick. The crux was a mega pumper. I give it an .11b. So call me a pussy. Thnks Dave for being game. Four stars all the way.

Partner and I both gave this one out of three stars. We did it in three pitches, linking 1&2 and 4&5. Some good climbing but a lot of sub par rock. The crux was definitely the overhanging 11 tight (super sandy) hands. Kind of a miserable pitch, I thought, leading to the choss exit pitch.

We rapped into the notch with a single 70. Rapped the first east face station there, although the rope didn't quite reach the next one. Close enough though to clip the anchor. The third rap easily reached the ground.