Climb the obvious dike on Stripe rock. Scramble up a small Dyke to gain access to an old homemade bolt and then continue onto the roof. This route is very very runout
Protection
You can place a .3 on the first pitch in a flake and use a #3 at the roof/horn belay after that you can use a .5 on the Dyke at the second belay if need be but it is detached so becareful.
This route requires some innovative slinging at times, involves some loose flakes, and a few tricky slab moves at the start. You should be strong for the grade to do this. While it is the same grade as Cruel Shoes, it is more serious. Don't stick cams under detached blocks, like people seem to like to do.
To start, proceed up and right on a ramp of sorts until you peek around a corner and see a creaky old bolt. Back down a few feet and establish an anchor with small-hand size springy things. My partner, a whiz at runouts, led the grainy first pitch, traversing up and right from the second well-aged bolt. About 170 feet and two or three placements higher, he belayed in the dike itself, backing up a horn with some gear. The second pitch follows the dike for some borderline-silly fun after the hair raising first pitch. The chickenheads are huge, providing holds, protection and eventually a belay anchor. The third pitch ambles away from the dike a bit into some 5.5-5.6ish slabbing that soon mellows out and deposits you on a very cool, potholed summit.
Stripe Rock
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