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Monday Morning Slab, Right Side

5.4, Trad, 415 ft (126 m), 2 pitches,  Avg: 1.6 from 34 votes
FA: Don Goodrich and Mac Fraser, 1958.
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Description


This climbs the right-facing corner, which forms the right-side of Monday Morning Slab, for two pitches.

There has been considerable rockfall in this area over the past several years.

Protection

Pro to 3".

Be sure to place gear high (i.e. not in the back of the corner) and use long slings. This will minimize rope drag and keep the rope clear of loose sections.

Pitch 1 is just doable with a 60m rope, pitch 2 is at least 67m.

The top of pitch one has two pairs of bolted anchors. The good, ASCA bolts are about 20 feet left on the large ledge, and have rap rings.

As originally climbed, this route was done in 4 pitches. Even today, this would minimize rockfall from rope management issues. Bring a helmet if you value your noggin!

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Tat that I later removed from the old 60m P1 anchors. About 20' shy of the ASCA rap bolts.
[Hide Photo] Tat that I later removed from the old 60m P1 anchors. About 20' shy of the ASCA rap bolts.
Loose ramp on P2, belay from shiny new bolts on ledge, don't be fooled by the button heads (clip for a directional though)
[Hide Photo] Loose ramp on P2, belay from shiny new bolts on ledge, don't be fooled by the button heads (clip for a directional though)

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Tom Bath
Kent, Wa
 
[Hide Comment] There is a fair amount of loose rock and care should be taken to keep the rope from sending rocks flying. Be sure to place gear high (i.e. not in the back of the corner) and use long slings. This will minimize rope drag and keep the rope clear of loose sections.
IMHO, the only reason this climb gets one star is the quality of the view from the nice ledge up top. The quality of the rock and climbing are mediocre at best. Dec 31, 2009
Rodger Raubach
Billings, MT
  5.4
[Hide Comment] Not much to recommend this climb...except it really easy for a "date climb." Was my first climb in Yosemite in 1965. Chris McNamara's Super Topo guide now rates this a 5.4. At that level, who cares? Mar 14, 2011
Stefano Prezioso
Superior, CO
[Hide Comment] Climbed it today, and both pitches were much longer than the suggested lengths in Supertopo. We found the first to be about 190'-200' (just shy of simul-climbing to reach the bolts), and the second pitch to be about 205', requiring 5 feet or so of simul-climbing. It's easy terrain, but worth noting for those that may be trying to learn, and expecting significantly shorter pitches.

Slings to extend pieces aren't a bad idea.

The top of pitch one has two pairs of bolted anchors. The good, ASCA bolts are about 20 feet left on the large ledge, and have rap rings.

It is possible to rap to the top of Harry Daley from the top of Monday Morning Slab Right anchors with one 60m (98% sure of this). We rapped to the dead tree at the top of the first pitch of Harry Daley with two 60m ropes (could have also reached the rap station directly right of the tree, not the one below however) and down-climbed a few feet to do the Chouinard Crack. Jun 1, 2012
Rodger Raubach
Billings, MT
  5.4
[Hide Comment] As originally climbed, this route was done in 4 pitches. Even today, this would minimize rockfall from rope management issues. Bring a helmet if you value your noggin! May 4, 2013
steple
 
[Hide Comment] Pitch 1 is just doable with a 60m rope, pitch 2 is at least 67m. Apr 27, 2015
Eric Chow
San Francisco, CA
  5.6
[Hide Comment] Mungy, wet, chossy - late Apr 2018... not sure I'd want to do it again Apr 22, 2018
John Clark
BLC
  5.4
[Hide Comment] Could do with a little cleaning if someone had time and no one at the base. solid first lead route for someone wanting to plug cams in old pin scars Oct 15, 2018
Camster (Rhymes with Hamster)
[Hide Comment] Layton Kor climbed a route on this slab in 2005. He was with several elderly Jehovah's Witnesses. Sep 26, 2019
Jesse Scarborough
Oakland, CA
[Hide Comment] Climbed P1 on 9/14/24. 70m rope is recommended for the 1st pitch. I removed some bleached, dangerous tat from the old "60m" anchors. Sep 16, 2024
Chad Silva
Napanoch, NY
 
[Hide Comment] Ground to the good (upper left) bolts was a pleasant long pitch. We then headed up to the next massive obvious ledge (130ft)... and found no bolts. That said - another short pitch to the top of the formation found a pair of solid modern rap bolts. A rope stretching 2x60m rap from the top got us to the p1 bolts, and another 2x60m rap got us to the ledge system on climbers left (not where we started, but a reasonable down scramble to the true base). Apr 16, 2025