Either start at the one-bolt belay anchor to the left of a small tree, or from a more-or-less flat spot on some rocks up and to the left from the small tree. Climb up onto a ledge and clip the first bolt, then continue on up on positive edges through four more bolts. After the fifth (last) bolt bear right around the tree.
The most difficult bit is topping out to the right of the tree; the moves aren’t really that hard, but many of the holds you reach for first are crumbly.
Location
This is the left bolted route on the middle (2nd pitch) face of Trilogy Buttress.
Not a fan of this pitch for a few reasons: The first bolt is ridiculously high, making falling before then a very serious no-no. If I had known the first bolt was that high I would have taken some trad gear or something. It just didn't make sense. Also, as I was climbing above the last bolt it wasn't clear to me which side of the bush to top out on (I guess I was dumb enough to not have read Perin's description which said to go right). The bolt is smack in the middle underneath the bush. I went left and found nasty, crumbly choss and scary moves. I was also not impressed with the single ring anchor at the top. Why not put two in??? I backed it up with a crappy slung horn.
Yeah, you actually have to make a move to get up to that first bolt too, it's not just a scramble. You could definitely fall and hurt yourself. Going left of the bush also presents some danger because the rock their is just awful and will crumble to bits. Then finally, not only is there only one ring anchor, but it took Tristan forever to find it. Kind of strange.
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