BETA PHOTO: first pitch of "daddy long legs" not as steep as i...
Description
This route climbs a seam in a slab about 100 feet right of the falls. On the left side of this slab is a bolted line (The River's Edge, 5.10b R **). Look for a seam.
(1) Climb up this seam through a small roof, and past a few more pins/bolts at horizontal cracks. Use every available pro. Stop at the second tree and belay. From the lower tree, you can definitely top-rope if you set up some directionals.
(2) On pitch two, climb up through the roof (5.9) or around it to the right (5.8), up through some bushy cracks to a 2-bolt anchor. The bolted line above is Evening Falls, 5.10a *.
Did Evening falls years ago, and the crux was protected by an old leeper with a cracked hanger. Fun moves though. The crack above is great , a retro fitting of this route woould restore a great line to safe climbing. go do it.
I climbed this for the first time last week and thought it was a very fun route. However, I was a bit surprised by the width of the crack over the top of the bulge on the 2nd pitch. I was expecting a hand crack the whole way, but it's much wider (#8 Metolius size). I agree with the consensus that it's harder than 5.9-.
great route-the first pitch has some good slabby moves on it and is a bit run out between the manky pin and last bolt before the anchors. the second pitch crux was definitely harder than 5.9- for me; you have to make the move with most of your weight on your hands, and for me it was cupped hands. still, it's a really short move and the rest of the climb is like 5.6. super fun-needs more traffic. toproped the 10a bolted slab next to the first pitch- really fun- a must do if you have done the first pitch.
Good route, tr'd the first pitch last night. Easy to walk up to the tree at the top of the first pitch, which also gives you easy access to the Rivers Edge anchors. When did the pin get replaced? I was kinda bummed to see the new bolt, sorta changes the character of he route. The pin was pretty bomber last year, at least more so than the first pin you encounter. There is another old pin maybe 5 ft above the bolt. If this pin gets pulled, please do not replace it with another bolt. If it does get pulled, try to pull it so natural protection can be used; unlike the other pin which didn't leave a pin scar when it was pulled/hammered/chipped out of place.
This is a great line that takes gear great. The runout section is not bad at all. Don't let the runout stop you from climbing this awsome route. This should see alot more traffic.
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