The Cat's Ass  5.9

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Type:  Trad, 3 pitches, 100 feet Consensus:  5.9 [details] FA:  Will Anglin, Scott Krankkala, Tim Hansen New Route:  Yes Submitted By:  Will Anglin on Jun 15, 2009 You & This Route  |  Other Opinions (1) Your todo list: Your stars: Your rating: -none- [change] Your ticklist: [add new tick]

BETA PHOTO: The last (and best) pitch of The Cat's Ass

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Description 

This climb is super chossy but the last pitch is pretty cool. The whole route is only about 100ft, but was broken up into 3 pitches to protect the second from heinous amounts of rockfall. In hindsight, 2 pitches would also be easily feasible. After a few more ascents in the name of cleaning and this climb will be awesome, but for now, be very careful.


P1: Scramble up 4th class to a short chimney, then climb more 4th and easy 5th class to a ledge at the base of a short dihedral.

P2: Climb the short dihedral to a ledge

P3: Climb splitter cracks and flat crimps to the top of the detached pillar. Jump across to the main cliff to belay.

Protection 

Standard rack with extra 1 & 2 Camalot