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  Difficulty 5.7
  Safety Rating G
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  Fun Factor
Onsight Onsight ascent by: jnm1 on 2012-08-25 (View Climbing Log)

4 out of 5 stars Enjoyable climb

With 87 ascent notes I don't think there's anything I can add. The beta in the Gaines guidebook and MP.com are all good.

Added: 2012-08-25

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  Safety Rating G
Second Second ascent by: citycrow on 2012-05-05 (View Climbing Log)

4 out of 5 stars First Munti Pitch

First Munti Pitch

Added: 2012-05-29

Ratings
  Difficulty 5.7
  Safety Rating G
  Exposure
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Onsight Onsight ascent by: amigo25zmy on 2011-10-19 (View Climbing Log)

5 out of 5 stars really fun

it was a great climb, but hard to follow the route, i took an alternative finish, maybe 5.9 slab to the top and bad gear between me and the belay station.

Added: 2011-10-21

Ratings
  Difficulty 5.7
  Safety Rating G
  Exposure
  Rock Quality
  Scenery
  Fun Factor
Onsight Onsight ascent by: climballnight on 2011-06-11 (View Climbing Log)

5 out of 5 stars Fun traversing under arches

Midway up P1 there's a ramp that shoots off left to something else... don't take it. Stay heading up. For the long P2 apparantly there is a traditional route which stays under all but one of the arches to just a few feet past the apex making belay there, and a more popular route (easier) which traverses below the top arch and cuts up over it just before the apex. Contrary to the parties ahead of us, we went for the original route which made for some really fun 5.8ish underclings on friction for feet. Protection was ~10ft apart at the top of the arch leading to some pretty good swing potential for the followers (there may have been a couple spots to shorten swing potential using ball nuts or mini's if you really want and have the gear). P3 to lunch ledge from here was 5.6-. P4 used the 5.6finger crack.

Added: 2011-08-02

Ratings
  Difficulty 5.7
  Safety Rating G
  Exposure
  Rock Quality
  Scenery
  Fun Factor
Onsight Onsight ascent by: mnvakula on 2011-06-29 (View Climbing Log)

4 out of 5 stars Fun Route

First pitches are nice easy crack climbs and the final push is slaby. The down climb is a little tricky to find but once you find it, it adds a little more fun to the day.

Added: 2011-07-08

Ratings
  Difficulty 5.7
  Safety Rating G
  Exposure
  Rock Quality
  Scenery
  Fun Factor
Onsight Onsight ascent by: BenHorton on 2011-06-29 (View Climbing Log)

5 out of 5 stars So much fun.

Great route, with some easy but exciting runouts. It seems like everything is in just the right place, just when you need it. (to keep it at 5.7) Almost came off on the final friction slab when my belayer suddenly stopped feeding rope... Coulda been bad, I was easily 40 feet from the bolt.

Added: 2011-06-29

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  Difficulty
  Safety Rating G
  Exposure
  Rock Quality
  Scenery
  Fun Factor
Onsight Onsight ascent by: fluffystuff on 2011-05-24 (View Climbing Log)

5 out of 5 stars I *heart* Tahquitz

Gregg and I had a blast on this for his first multi-pitch! Way fun! Sun at the bottom, socked in with clouds on the top.

Added: 2011-05-24

Ratings
  Difficulty 5.8
  Safety Rating G
  Exposure
  Rock Quality
  Scenery
  Fun Factor
Red Point Red Point ascent by: henrytwin_m on 2011-05-01 (View Climbing Log)

5 out of 5 stars First topping out on this route

I have climbed the first pitch many time beofre, but never the entire route. This was my first time climbing the whole route. I led the first pitch taking the direct (5.8) lieback to the tree. My climbing partner took the second pitch and did a great job in route finding and ran the 2 pitch out into the third pitch. he setup the belay above the arch, just above it though. I ran out on the third pitch using most of the bushes as my anchors. I set up the bleay for the final ptich and Tom finshed the easy but small 5.6 thin finger crack to the top.

Added: 2011-05-02

Ratings
  Difficulty 5.7
  Safety Rating G
  Exposure
  Rock Quality
  Scenery
  Fun Factor
Onsight Onsight ascent by: benkilgore on 2010-09-26 (View Climbing Log)

5 out of 5 stars With Annie, Kim, and Stephen

Stephen and Kim were with us but we didn't share ropes or gear. I led all pitches. Very much a classic route, excellent rock, good pro. Everything felt to be at the grade. Only one belay (top of 2nd pitch) was at all less than ideal. First pitch has a crux right before the belay, as the dihedral gets a bit steeper and the fingers get thinner (too thin for my sausages). Third pitch didn't have a definable crux, but everything until pulling over the blocks felt a solid 5.7, maybe 7+ I guess, and a bit difficult to identify the correct route, but all the difficulty looked similar. Very protectable. Final pitch was probably the route crux for me (rated 5.6 apparently), because I couldn't get a thing out of the miniscule "crack" and it was a smear fest that I had to just run through, slamming a blind thin cam on the way by. The walkoff was 4th class with maybe some 5.0 bits, and hard to identify. Next time I'll just sling a block and rap the steep part.

Added: 2010-09-27

Ratings
  Difficulty 5.7
  Safety Rating G
  Exposure
  Rock Quality
  Scenery
  Fun Factor
Onsight Onsight ascent by: andrea37 on 2010-08-14 (View Climbing Log)

5 out of 5 stars Protects well

Good lead for someone just getting into trad. At the top of P1 there are two cracks--follow the one that shoots straight up (5.8variation) for some stemming and a super fun crux move. Popular on the weekends.
P1-me
P2-Doug
P3-me
P4-Doug

Added: 2010-08-18

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