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Anchor bolts at the top of P2 to the right of the cave
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Richard traversing past the new bolt on pitch 3 - a real lifesaver!
Soloing through the second chimney on P1 - definitely the crux of The Cave Route for its awkwardness to finish, difficulty to protect and constricting nature (I only had a thin 30 m bail line on my back, which I had to remove and hang to squeeze through.)
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Anna Brown
Sep 11, 2019
“Anchor bolts at the top of P2 to the right of the cave”  

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View from cave
Mike Roybal on the Pulpit 1968
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.
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+
Here is where we set the belay for the top of Pitch 1. Looks a bit far to the climber's right - but it worked just fine for us to subsequently visit the cave. Just be sure to set bomber directionals to get over, up, and back to the top of Pitch 2.
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.