The House that D & E Built 

FA:  Bryan Schmitz and Trevor Bowman 9/5/09 New Route:  Yes Type:  Trad Consensus:  5.10d [details] Length:  1 pitch, 160 feet Views: 56 page views Submitted By: Trevor Bowman on Sep 18, 2009 Add Photo  Add Comment

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Description 

The arete between Fractal and P1 of Synchronicity. Start up a slabby shallow dihedral (5.7) up to a small roof on the arete proper, climb left and up onto the steep headwall. Scale this on good squarecut slots and crimps with decent cams in the slots. At the top of the headwall the holds disappear for a bit, forcing you into a cruxy step right and then back left and into a small corner. Continue up the runout slabby upper arete (5.7 R) directly to the anchors on Fractal.
Good climbing and adequate pro. Led on-sight, ground up, cleaned on lead. With a bit more cleaning and some traffic this should clean up nicely!

Location 

The arete between Fractal (on the right) and P1 of Synchronicity (on the left) on the left side of the West Face. Climbs on the left side of the arete linking features.

Protection 

Set of cams through BD #2, set of stoppers, HB offset stoppers handy, offset cams handy.