Route Overlay or Higher Cathedral Regular Route.

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Route Overlay or Higher Cathedral Regular Route.

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

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

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Steph Abegg

Jun 21, 2017

“Route Overlay or Higher Cathedral Regular Route.”

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Route Overlay or Higher Cathedral Regular Route.

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

Reward view after climbing Higher Cathedral Spire

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.

Scott, Tony, Chris, Yosemite.

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

Party topping out on Higher Cathedral Spire.

Penultimate pitch.

Annie about to pull the rounded mantle, last pitch

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.

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

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

Josh from Ireland styling the final pitch

The regular route follows the bushes to the top.

5.9 handcrack variation on Pitch 5. Good climbing!

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

Top of the Higher Spire. RIP Andrew Berge.

All three were from Berkeley.

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

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

Cool traverse at end of Pitch 4.

There is a summit register waiting for you to sign.

Dangerously loose block next to P2 belay/rap.

A couple of veterans bringing their game to the the valley (pitch 5: 5.9 hand crack).

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

Looking up pitch 3, I think?

Pulling the last move on to the summit.

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

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

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

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

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

P4 spacewalk traverse.

I think this was pitch 3.

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

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

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