The BLM office in Monticello has asked the Friends of Indian Creek to remind climbers that there is a 14-day limit on camping on BLM Land. The F.O.I.C. understands that there is a bit of a history of staying in the Creek for far longer, but heavy climber-traffic in the area has made the BLM take notice of this tradition. Be aware that overstaying the 14-day limit makes climbers look as if we feel the rules don't apply to us and thus has an effect on long-term access. Moving your campsite throughout the season, or perhaps finding a site outside the main Indian Creek area, will not only help smooth relations with the BLM, but will also keep you from possibly getting hit with a fine.
This is Catmandu. Catmandu is a splitter, not a co...
Description
From the top of the trail (vacinity of Fat Cat), walk to the right along the wall following it as it curves around to the right and then back to the left again. Continue on the loose trail along the base of the wall until you come upon a large left facing corner with some boulders you can sit on beneath. This is Catmandu. Layback up to a stance (2-2.5 in.) pull into the rad hand jams and shoot for the top. Fun, and worth doing. Bolt anchor. I'm pretty sure this corner is "Catmandu" anyways...
Protection
This 80 ft. pitch is almost all #2 camalots or equivalent. Couple smaller for the start.
I believe "Cat-man-do" is a little futher down the trail. There is a plaque and it doesn't really climb a dihedral. Starting just left of a leaning 5.11 finger crack, it is all sizes (1 - 3.5 friends) for about 90 ft. Climb crack and face to a little roof-slot thing. Pull through and jam to the top. That other route is good too.
The guide doesn't say anything about Catmandu being a corner, but other than that it fit the description pretty closely. Guess that corner is something else, but definitely well-worth doing.
The route described is Unnamedin Bloom's book. It is a few yards to the right of Fat Cat and just left of a right traversing wide layback flake and roof crack called Crewcut. 'Cat Man Do', another great 5.10 crack, is a bit further right near the finger crack as Brian said. Did both last week. The line described well here by Chris is super fun, a great warm up for harder lines and worth doing.
By Jason Haas From: Westminster, CO Apr 23, 2006 rating: 5.10a
Chris, your description is wrong for another route at Cat Wall. No offense, but Mods, can someone either fix his description for the route, or let me do it? This description is no where close to "Cat Man Do" which is a straight on splitter, not a dihedral of any kind. It is also listed as 5.10 in Bloom's book, but even that is pushing it, more like 5.10a, but certainly not 5.10+.
By Andrew Gram Administrator From: Denver, CO Apr 24, 2006
Just post a good description here Jason and i'll move it into the route description.
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