The Richness of It All 

Wanted to only give it three stars because some spots were pretty sandy, a foot hold or two started to crumble, there were a few hollow sounding spots, and one or two holds wiggled like they were ready to break. However, it climbs REALLY well, and that last pitch is one of the best I've done so... four stars it is. My opinion is that the crux on the third pitch is only slightly easier than the crux on the second. The books grades are Pitch 1 - 5.11a, Pitch 2 - 5.12a, Pitch 3 - 5.11c, Pitch 4 - 5.11c. MY grades are: Pitch 1 - 5.11a, Pitch 2 - 5.12a, Pitch 3 - 5.11d, Pitch 4 - 5.10c

Glad this route made it in here. I thought the third pitch was pretty bad. Super hollow in sections and, in my opinion, a lot harder than pitch two. Of course since I'm pretty sure that pitch changes it's possible a couple of years ago it was harder than it is now. But regardless of grade the crux was sandy and not so fun. It was so bad I tried to scope a weakness up the good rock on the direct line. Even if much harder--and it would be--it would improve the overall climb. The rest is great. Agreed the last pitch was by far the easiest of the route but, again, that may/probably has changed since the first ascent.

+1 eric