San Luis Obispo based climber pulling the crux, 50 Crowded variation 5/7/2016

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San Luis Obispo based climber pulling the crux, 50 Crowded variation 5/7/2016

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Brendan about to lead ladder pitch

Looking down pitch 1.

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Greg White

May 23, 2016

“San Luis Obispo based climber pulling the crux, 50 Crowded variation 5/7/2016”

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Arin past the P5 bolt ladder on the cruiser 5.7 lieback.

Great views.

Quinn Miller on the 10th pitch.

Pitch 5. This is the crux pitch of the route, face climbing on tiny edges. It is tightly bolted. Done free, it is 10c. As a bolt ladder, it is 5.9 A0. When the FA'ers put up this nine-bolt ladder in 1954 it was the longest bolt ladder in the country.

The first rappel on a very long descent

Topo of the new rap route on EBMC

Gokul, crux pitch

Randy with awesome exposure on one of the final pitches

Gary Reno near the summit!

View from the top, from the first few steps on the catwalk before going up the 4th class gully.

A 17 year old TrundleBum following one of the upper "flared groove" pitches, Middle Cathedral, East Buttress.<br>
(what is this? action, personal or I guess it could even be 'Historic')

Looking down pitch 2 if I remember correctly.

Looking up from the big ledge at the start of the route.

One of the last pitches

that's me on the east buttress circa 1985

Jesse

Bolt ladder

Lead climber from a party ahead of us free climbing the 10c section.

The top of the route.

Drew on the route.

Brendan about to lead ladder pitch

San Luis Obispo based climber pulling the crux, 50 Crowded variation 5/7/2016

Looking down pitch 1.

Descent gully. A few rappels are involved.

The start of the descent gully.

David belaying with the sun rising in the background.

View of El Cap from the base of the first pitch. Worth the stroll up even if you're not doing the climb.

Just before the crux section

Chuck on one of the rappels on the descent.

Pitch 7: Fun 5.7 corner climbing.

Pitch 4: More 5.7 fun.

Having Fun on East Buttress

Pitch 6 is a face traverse into the crack systems. Protection is sparse but there are a couple of pitons and medium cam (green, yellow, and red aliens) placements.

Gokul, p4

Pitch 10. Steep groove.

east buttress of middle cathedral

Route Overlay East Buttress of Middle Cathedral.

Descent conditions as of April 08

P10 (our P7). Head left shortly after you reach the small tree above to get to new rap route.

Always great exposure throughout the climb with great views

Looking down at the 5th pitch variation going straight up over the roof. I didn't go left to the bolt ladder. Ooops. Scary.

In the Original Route's chimney. People on the now standard variation could hear us moaning and yelling obscenities for the hour or so it took us to get up this thing

east butt mid cathedral

Gokul, tired but in the home stretch