Buzzworm's Backyard

This route is 80-90 feet (the first five bolts) of exquisite, sustained 5.10 face climbing on great rock, followed by 30 feet of easy, loose climbing, followed by 5 feet of impossible (for me) but easily aided climbing. The last two sections knock a star off, but it's still a great route.

The pitch ends at a belay alcove from which 3 options are possible: (1) rappel from two pins and a nut (bring webbing and a knife!); (2) continue up "The Grunt," which is the crack system that diagonals up and right; (3) continue up "Buzzworm's Bad Teeth," 5.9+ (FA Charles Vernon and Slaton Whatley?), which is the left crack above the belay and leads to a tree for a rappel. We took option 3 which is harder than it looks. It has some great corner crack climbing but was also extremely dirty and loose in places--we did our best to clean this up but a bit of rotten stuff remains.

This is the first route right of the obvious chimney/gully that splits the dome in half. Look for a line of bolts which leads to a more broken section. To rappel from the first pitch, a 70 meter rope would definitely work and a 60 might. To rappel from the tree atop "Buzzworm's Bad Teeth," two ropes are necessary.

A few pieces to supplement the bolts are nice--maybe tcus 1-3 and some stoppers. The bolts are typically about 10-15 feet apart. Standard rack to continue in either of the cracks above.