Crap! I didn't even think of stemming across like that! Stemming on lead always kind of freaks me out, so I don't always think of it when onsight-routefinding. When I onsighted the pitch, I thought it looked way harder than I'm currently willing and able to lead and so took the copout route to the right of it. Damn did it look good though...

No wonder there was so much lichen on that uninspiring 5.4 finish to the tree. psh.

Now I have a reason to go back and climb the route again. :)