This is a beautiful fifteen foot offwidth roof. Start inverted at the very far end of the cave and work your way out, stacking your way out to and over the lip, after which the crack thins all the way down to fingers. Find the way that fights you the least. This is a very elegant moving problem. One of the best problems in Vedauwoo, and one of the best offwidth problems anywhere.
Location
This thing is way around the corner from MRC, baisically on the other side of the formation. To get there drive into Central and follow the signs to the "Beaver Pond" area or some other such name. Basically instead of turning left around the roundabout and heading down to the Gazeebo, continue straight and follow the road as it bends around, ending near the south east side of Old Easy. Park there by the bathroom. Looking up to the formation you will see a huge roof that faces south with some very large boulders under it. There is a thin aid seam splitting the left end of this roof and Desiderata is a couple hundred feet down from the wall, pretty much straigt in line with that seam. Desiderata generally faces west.
A beautiful, aesthetic line, and not as hard as the .12d rating in the guide. The only drawback is how close to the ground it is. No free hanging off the feet for a rest before the crux, your head would hit the ground.
Glad you liked the line Will. Definitely not 12+. The rating on this site is for stacking over the lip. The problem is much easier if you undercling into a fist jam, probably 11- that way. Stacking is really fun due to the angle of the crack, very elegant and kinesthetic. To me it felt about as hard as Squat that way.
It's a great problem Justin. I liked it so much I went to it 3 times over my 2 week trip and did the crux 3 different ways: hand/fist stack to get the knee up high then a long reach into a wide cup, crimping up the right edge to a long reach to a fist, and bumping up stacks until it goes cupped.
Doing this and Spinning the Wind (or Spin to Win, seems like diffrent names everywhere I look) were alot of fun and validation of the stuff I put up in the Valley this spring. You should definitely check out Cedar Eater if you get to Yosemite, it's like a longer, harder, more varied version of Desiderata...and drop me a line if you're headed out there I'll give you the scoop on the two roof OW problems I estalished near Camp 4. One is very reminscent of Spin/Win.
I will definitely get in touch with you the next time I am headed out to Yosemite, Will. I really want to check out The Cedar Eater, sounds really cool.
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