A cool route to the right of the first pitch of Touch Up. Climb Touch up to the fixed pin, traverse right into the corner. Eventually we reached out for the arete. Staying directly in the corner looked much harder, so I don't think that's what you're supposed to do, anyone know different? Finish on the 2nd pitch of Touch up.
Location
Rap or lower off the top of the 2nd pitch of Touch Up. A 70m will get you all the way down, a 60 comes up short.
Protection
Listed as R in the guidebook, doesn't seem to be at all. 2 bolts protect the hard climbing, then whatever you want for the beginning and end of Touch Up. A friend took a large fall from the easy ground above the corner and fixed a nut above the bolts as well.
Not R-rated in light of the bolts, and doubtful it's 11c if treated as a sport route, i.e., don't get hunkered down in the corner (11a?). On the other hand, not using the bolts would make it harder and very necky. The throwback he is, Allen Sanderson led this sans clipping the bolts some years back.
Kermits Wall and Perhaps Area
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