The Monolith 

FA:  Lance Bateman??? Type:  Trad, Boulder Consensus:  5.11- V3 [details] Length:  30 feet Views: 513 page views Submitted By: Ian N. on May 2, 2007 Add Photo  Add Comment

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Description 

Climb the beautiful diagonaling crack/seam to its end and punch straight up the east face of the prominent monolith below the egg. This route is listed as a project in the bouldering guide to Utah. Steve Heath replaced the quarter-inch bolts on top (thanks Steve!) and was working the line on TR. I decided it would be more fun to try to lead it from the ground on gear before bouldering it, but after placing the final shaky pieces, I decided to work out the crux on TR first. Whatever you choose to do, it's a beautiful line on an incredible boulder. I heard Lance Bateman climbed it long ago...

Location 

Follow the trail past Tom's arete to the huge boulder jutting out of the hill. Walk off.

Protection 

Medium/small TCUs and a hand-sized piece. Small wires. Long runners and a shitty rope (TRing this thing eats ropes up!)