Broken Rhombuses

Broken Rhombuses is a fantastic pitch of climbing. At about 45 meters in length, gently overhanging most of the way, and having multiple 5.11 sections with a wild boulder problem crux up high it's also quite a journey. Protection is often spaced, but always good (consisting of a mix of gear and bolts). Super fun and totally worth the hike up to the Triangle Wall.

Technically it is on the Geometry Wall (see "Location" notes). Begin about 15' down from the start of the aid line Unknownosphere at an obtuse, right-facing corner with glue-in bolts. Climb this corner, but at the 5th bolt and just below a small roof, move hard left (do not continue straight up) to a stance below a right-facing flake system. Climb this to a small rest ledge and then move right across the wall to access more right-facing flakes which are followed up steepening terrain to the crux boulder problem. This powerful and pumpy bit of climbing is protected by three closely-spaced bolts and ends at a good stance at the base of the upper headwall. Two more bolts protect climbing up the delicate “Ghost Flake” and a final move around a roof leads to a tiny ledge at the top of the wall.

To get down: Option 1: Bring the seconding climber up. Rap twice: First straight down to bolted anchor on a big ledge on the wall behind you (this is western aspect of the Triangle Wall), then do a short rap back into the gully. Option 2: Lower from the top anchor to the big ledge described above, and belay a second on top rope up the route. When the second has cleaned the route and reached the upper anchor, lower them to your location, pull the rope, and do the short rap back into the gully. Alternatively, you can clean the upper two thirds of the pitch while lowering, but the second will still have to clean the lower third and then swing over to you… it sounds complicated but it makes sense once you see the architecture of the walls.