Type: Trad, 400 ft (121 m), 6 pitches
FA: Jay Smith, Jim Turner
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Shared By: MauryB on Apr 28, 2023
Admins: slim, Cory N, Perin Blanchard, GRK, David Crane

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A relatively newer route, Jay Smith continues to deliver!

P1, 5.11: Tips lock/layback in a R facing corner to good fingers, then a ledge rest. Continue up the corner system to pop out atop the leaning pillar that forms the "cave" for the start and a 2 bolt belay. 

P2, 5.11-: Follow the line of bolts off the left side of the pillar (and a few cams) for 30 feet to a large ledge, you can belay here at a single bolt + gear, or a fairly straightforward link into P3.

P3, 5.11+: Launch into the gorgeous, splitter R facing corner above, pulling a few small rooflets and ending at a 2 bolt belay. 

We rapped from here per the guidebook recommendation of deteriorating quality. A 70m doesn't quite reach from the top of P3 to the pillar, could extend with slings or a short rap off the single biner belay is easy, then an easy 30m rappel down the first pitch. 

Experience from continuing higher would be welcome!

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Starts in the cave formed by the leaning pillar on the west face of the Rectory, just around the corner from Fine Jade, in the R facing corner that faces the L facing corning of Ministry.

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Standard desert double rack, extra fingers to thin hands

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