Intensive Care

P1- Climb up and a bit left to a bolt. Don't fall here! Climb past 3 more bolts to a long narrow ledge. (5.10d R).

P2- From the right end of the ledge sustained face climbing leads past 4 bolts to some shallow cracks. You can protect these in several sections of the crack with sizes from micro cams up to 2" cams (offsets useful).  Above the cracks either continue a ways (past another bolt) up to a belay at a clean in cut  ledge or traverse right at the top of the shallow cracks to a big pine tree. (5.11 R). Rap from the big pine tree (100') to the gully on the right. 150' - 180' pitch

The first ascent party boldly continued up above the pine tree to the top of the slab.  Because this route isn't climbed that much, expect some flakiness.

This is a classic face climb, put up in bold style. The pioneers were dealing with hand drilling bolts from runout, lousy stances, broken drill bits,  and the unknown. Long falls were common on this route in the early days because of crumbly holds, and  sticky rubber shoes were not available. The route got its name because one of the climbers, Mark Ward, was sent to intensive care with a head injury after taking a long fall.

Others contributing to the first ascent were Mark Ward, Randy Wright, and Dave Cannon & Ted Higgins.

The second ascent was done by Rick Wyatt and Jonathan Smoot 2 years later.

5-10' left of Shock Trauma at the left edge of the slab, before it gets steep.

Draws, micro cams to a 2" cam, offset cams helpful. Don't bother bringing any nuts.