Comments: Can anyone give a better discription. Eric's old school aid description doesn't make it sound that great. It looks so cool i'd like to know what it's like. Thanks
Comments: I did the 3rd ascent with my wife after seeing the easy grade in eric's book. I agree that getting out of the chimney on the right wall was down right scary especially if I was to fall back into the chimney with my inexperienced partner. But going thru the narrow chimney and the unbelievable view from the top make this a worth while adventure. Plus I think we used 2 200' ropes on the rappel and didn't have much too much to spare.
Comments: I (Andy Roberts)did the first ascent with a few different people over a 3 days. Most with Jay Miller and Jason Schroeder as well as my wife patiently belaying me on the first pitch. I called it bounce test because when I was about 10 feet up the 3rd pitch the large egde/ledge I was standing on broke and I fell down to the low angle start and rolled down another 15 feet bruising the hell out of my heel. I'm glad to hear that it is getting repeated it 's a fun climb but the rock is definately soft... more >>