Sayonara Baby

Sayonara Baby is one of the easiest routes on the main La Surgencia wall and is quite popular. Start by ambling up a slab with bolts (most people skipped these) to a large ledge. The meat of the route starts under the 3 foot roof with a very low bolt (best skipped if your belayer isn't on the ledge which seemed the common method). Clip the bolt just over the roof, do a steep move or two to a huge jug and awkwardly clip the next bolt. A moderate boulder problem lets you stand up into the tufas and relax. [If this is near your limit, make sure your belayer is paying attention during the low climbing. I saw 2 people hit the ledge (uninjured) after blowing the roof boulder problem.]

From the tufas wander up fun climbing with good rests for about 60 feet to just below 2 tufas. The next 20 feet are the crux, trust the slippery feet and keep moving upward! After the crux section another 5 or 6 meters of easy climbing leads to the chain.

This is a good warmup for the harder routes on the wall as stopping below the crux is probably 11+ or 12-.

On the right hand side of La Surgencia, one route to the left of the obvious dihedral (11d).

Bolts