Type: Sport, TR, 40 ft (12 m)
FA: back when people didn't report short routes
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Shared By: Ken Trout on Nov 4, 2002
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Nautilus Cave is an overhung jug haul.  For 25 years it had just three bolts and required cams for the final protection.  Now there are four bolts.

Homegrown local, Anna, at the last bolt.

Photo by Mountain Project contributor MLloyd. (Matt Lloyd cuts his feet loose at the crux.)

Photo by Mountain Project contributor Mike Carrington.

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Toprope: from the Nautilus Cave, the easiest way to the anchor is a 5.0 ramp/corner located amongst the junipers, fifty feet to the climber's right. Once on the ledge above the corner, traverse/walk back to the exposed anchor. Along with a rope, bring a daisy chain or long slings, locking carabiners, and a harness so you can safely clip in before threading the chains and lowering/rappeling. Please feel free to thread the links for top roping. The fat rapid links are safer, easier on your rope than carabiners, and simple to replace when worn out.

Lead:  The first bolt is high and hidden above a bulge so as not to get in the way of the bouldering. It is possible to stickclip the first bolt with the longest Trango stick. It is more common to just boulder up the steep and slippery start and clip the first bolt from nice incut pockets.

Traditional: This is not popular, but it has been done.  Also, the route has been soloed since the 1980s.

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