Herbal Essence 

Mr.s Miller and Trout,
Thank you again for another sweet route. Probably one of the best 9s I've ever been on. Kudos.

booyah,
chris

My personal favorite nine in this area. good protection, varied holds, balancy crux moves, challenging route finding, this gets an A+.

I wasn't really sure where the "plus" section was. I would say this is a 5.9. Felt pretty easy to me for a .9. If you are short on quickdraws this is a good climb for you. There are 10 bolts, but most of the bolts will be at your ankles when you are clipping the one above, so once you are clipped you can clean the one at your foot.

I don't really know why this has gotten praise, but for our first climb in CCC, we hit Herbal Essence. After coming down, both of us were annoyed. Perhaps we didn't get it, and didn't understand the sequencing, but we both thought this route sucked.

We have the old handwritten guidebook and it said this was a 9- and I'd agree.

I did this route last week and really enjoyed it. It is a 5.9, I don't think it needs the +. A ton of bolts, so it's super safe - great for a first time leader (no worries of a fall and a bunch of practice). A couple nice and easy balancey moves, no power needed. I will definitely climb this again.

What is with the made in China tow hooks on the chains at the anchor of this route? I don't see why these are needed. Anyone care to fill me in?

A fun, easy route though.

Great route, not too difficult. 12 bolts to a Fixe anchor with clips. My friend who hasn't climbed much before top roped it with tennis shoes and only needed to weight the rope once. No power needed.