Route Overlay or Higher Cathedral Regular Route.

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Route Overlay or Higher Cathedral Regular Route.

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Reward view after climbing Higher Cathedral Spire

Party topping out on Higher Cathedral Spire.

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Steph Abegg

Jun 21, 2017

“Route Overlay or Higher Cathedral Regular Route.”

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Reward view after climbing Higher Cathedral Spire

Route Overlay or Higher Cathedral Regular Route.

Party topping out on Higher Cathedral Spire.

Some dude named Pat on the last pitch. Taken while on rappel.

Scott, Tony, Chris, Yosemite.

Penultimate pitch.

Climbers topping out on the Regular Route (via the steep handcrack variation).

Annie about to pull the rounded mantle, last pitch

The P2 decision. Purple = 5.9 bulge to 5.7, Green = 5.9++ "original route" Fingers to Roof. Light Blue is not in the topo (Sloan or Super) and felt like 5.10D. All of them get you to the ledge for the next pitch.

All three were from Berkeley.

There are plenty of photos here, but none taken during a very brief weather window between hailstorms. Higher Cathedral Rock seen from the route when the gully steamed up before the sky closed up and dumped more hail again.

Sierra taking in the view after the p4 traverse, the highlight of the route!

5.9 handcrack variation on Pitch 5. Good climbing!

The regular route follows the bushes to the top.

There is a summit register waiting for you to sign.

Ran a conga line to the top and got hitched. What a day :)

Headed up the P2 5.9++ "original" route. Only thing that felt + was pulling the roof after the fingers.

P4 spacewalk traverse.

This the 'third' variation for P2 that isn't in the guide and is way harder than 5.9.

P2 traverse just before '5.9 powerful bulge' and 'horrendous rope drag'

Pulling the last move on to the summit.

Some dude named Pat climbing the last pitch. Taken while on rappel.

Cool traverse at end of Pitch 4.

Rap chains on the top of the spire. To descend, rap the route with a single 50m rope (4 raps).

James making the crux (5.9ish) move on Pitch 3.

The start of the route is marked by a cross etched into the rock.

Dangerously loose block next to P2 belay/rap.

Tennessee on P2 direct variation<br>
(c) Scott Nomi.

Looking up pitch 3, I think?

Jeff leads the final (5th) pitch to the summit.

I think this was pitch 3.

Rap anchor at top of Pitch 3. This is the second (of 4) rappel.

buttshot on P2, awesome dihedral up the 5.9 variation, riddled with old pins!