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All Locations > New Mexico > Albuquerque Area > Sandia Mountains > La Cueva Canyon… > Pulpit > Cave Route (5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b)
The traverse left on pitch 2 - head straight for the shrubs in the center and the cave will be directly above.
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After the traverse on pitch 2 - the cave is directly above. This is where I went to the right and up to the spacious ledge between pitches 2 & 3.
Mike Roybal rappelling off Pulpit 1968
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Ryan Price
Apr 7, 2019
“The traverse left on pitch 2 - head straight for the shrubs in the center and the cave will be directly above.”  

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Approaching the mid-way anchor. The Cave is behind the climber (hidden). The dark area in this photo that looks like a cave entrance is not actually the cave.
View from cave
The ancient bolt on pitch 3. Bomber!
Beginning pitch 3, just above the 5.7+ crux of the route.
Topo of the Cave Route, 5.7+
Start of the 5.7 cave route climb.
Just above the OW slot on pitch 1, and just below the webbing anchor. I agree with Ben, who commented below in 2017 that this was the crux of the whole route - I'm terrible at OW too, and the start of pitch 3 was much easier to protect.
View down from the fairly new bolt on pitch 3 - it still looks in good shape as of April 2019.
After the traverse on pitch 2 - the cave is directly above. This is where I went to the right and up to the spacious ledge between pitches 2 & 3.
The traverse left on pitch 2 - head straight for the shrubs in the center and the cave will be directly above.
Mike Roybal rappelling off Pulpit 1968
Mike Roybal on the Pulpit 1968