PRINT: Rock Climb Ray’s Pin Job, Yosemite National Park

Ray’s Pin Job

5.12b, Trad, 100 ft (30 m),

Avg: 2.7 from 3 votes
FA: 1985, Kurt Smith and Dave Hatchett
California > Yosemite NP > Yosemite Valley > Lower Merced Ri… > Aj. Cookie Area > E Pillar of the Cookie

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Description

This is the furthest route on the left. Begin on a good ledge with a 20 foot stretch of wide hands to a ledge and then comes the business, 60’ of thin fingertip laybacking and stemming on lichen. It is best to break it up into two short pitches. There is a fixed anchor with tat to rappel back to the starting ledge.

Location

There is a walk-on ledge on the left side of the East Pillar that is used to access Ray’s Pin Job, Something for Nothing and Terminator Left/Right.

Protection

Thin to 3”, heavy on thin

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East Pillar from the Talus Field

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paddyrock

This was cleaned up recently and is quite a good route. Hard off the deck with very thin pro. Apr 15, 2018

Travis H
SF, CA

Great route, the holds are clean. Gear: Nuts and 2x small cams (pruple c3/black alien) to BD #.5 and a single #.75 and #1. Bring a single #2-#4 to make a belay on the slab below the crux. Rap off the sling and biner on the bay tree above. Apr 16, 2018