Photos by blarson

Matt is climbing the easier route indicated for gunsmoke in the Oleson book.

Here I am on top rope going straight up the face of gunsmoke to give some perspective.

My rope is currently running to the middle set of chains on top of the summit block. Moving to the chains a little further left would prevent a some of the pendulum this setup provides. However, if you go straight up the route instead of traversing left and then right you get a little harder challenge and don't pendulum at all with this setup.