A View from the Top to the Deck! Its a long way down eh

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A View from the Top to the Deck! Its a long way down eh

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Pano on summit

View of the rock fin (palm tree summit)

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Mike Holley

Jan 10, 2012

“A View from the Top to the Deck! Its a long way down eh”

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Estrellita (Little Star) climbs 2 short pitches up to the ridge, then up the right side of the ridge forming the vertical horizon with 2 palms. The upper palm is the upper belay. Photo in later afternoon shows the shadows of the Western end of the canyon coming in on the route. Photo by Tony B, 12/2009.

Alec McKeska at the summit of Estrellita on a busy Sunday in the canyon

estrellita summit, checking out TWZ summit

Pitch #4 variation 5.11a
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This was such a beautiful route! There are 2 variations at pitch #3 5.11b and #4 5.11a which are incredibly fun, or you can stick to the 5.8 variation for a smooth easy yet enjoyable line. Definitely a must!

5.8 variation for pitch 4.

Summit Register

Sunrise from the top of Estrellita.

Descent. Tried to map approximate locations of the rap stations after I misjudged and passed the 2nd rappel station and did shenanigans to avoid fatal demise. Though the description says 5 long rappels,R1 to R2 to R3 are not that long.

The register at the summit.

KLS making her way up towards to top of Estrellita!

Rappel beta: do NOT rappel into the gully separating Estrellas from Los Lobos. When you get to the bottom of the rap with the palm growing out of the wall, look rappeller's left and you'll see another set of anchors. Go there, NOT down the gully.

OW 10b crux (super easy)

April in the crux of the 4th pitch 11a variation

Pulling up the first "hard" pitch of the climb

Start of Estrellita

A little over halfway up. Really nice views!

Obligatory palm tree shot at summit o Estrellita.

How sharp is the rock here? Gratefully not this sharp in most places, but it can give a mean bite!

Ben and Jess on top of Estrellita after a long hot June day

Marino, Emily, and Marco atop Estrellita. 3 hours from valley to summit.

Pano on summit

A View from the Top to the Deck! Its a long way down eh

View of the rock fin (palm tree summit)

This is the side of the rock fin that Estrellita is on.

Pitch 4 traverse around 11:00 AM in December. Recommend starting out earlier; we rapped in the dark.

Rappel route. I love palm trees in the middle of steep walls!

Michiel (on lead) and Kelly on the 11b variation of Estrellita.

Such an aesthetic line

Fourth pitch, rounding the corner & heading up.

Looking across at the Spires and the route Yankee Clipper on the Jungle Wall.

view from summit

Feliz Navidad, todos!

leading pitch 10, my favorite on the route! Photo credit Matt Muir from SF.

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