The Cowboy Ejector Seat  5.12d

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Type:  Sport, 1 pitch, 100 feet Consensus:  5.12d [details] FA:  Conor Dysinger New Route:  Yes Season:  All Year Submitted By:  ConorD on May 22, 2012 You & This Route  |  Other Opinions (1) Your todo list: Your stars: Your rating: -none- [change] Your ticklist: [add new tick]

Attempting the crux

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Description 

The Cowboy Ejector Seat climbs through the intimidating and giant overhang on the first buttress. The climb breaks down into two sections as follows:
The first section is very fun and juggy climbing which overhangs about 40 feet and goes to fixed draws hanging just below the lip. If you can climb this section it clocks in at around 11b/c and is worth doing by itself.
The second section is the short but difficult crux. Clip the last bolt and get a good rest on some positive holds, and then work through the boulder problem protecting the chains. I think that this section is around v4 or v5. A nice bit of air if you take the whipper!

I hope that people hop on this climb, it has taken me quite awhile and a lot of work to piece together. I'd love to hear about what others think and the grade.

Location 

Located on the far right side of the first buttress, goes through the left side of the big overhang. Just left of Razorback and climbs the same slab to access the start.

Protection 

Bolts, Chain anchors w/ lowering biners, 2 fixed draws

Take a couple of extendable draws. At the no hands rest just after the first roof, clip the bolt with a sling and a quickdraw and this will keep your rope off the rock.