Ascent Notes for: The Prow - A2+ Average Rating : 4.83/5

It was a good line but I am surprised how many ledge falls there were for such a steep route. It seems like every time I looked down on lead there was ledge or section of slab below me. The first crux pitch, the C2+ dihedral, was wet and a bit interesting to lead. The aid was not hard per se, but with a ledge fall below me, a wet crack and not many solid placements in the beginning, it was a bit interesting. Despite being rated C2+, it was not actually the crux for me. The crux came up higher, P4 I think, right off the first bivy ledge. The C2F climbing steepens up and I had to resort to a few sequential hook moves, once again with a ledge below me. It was not hard, just a bit exciting. However, you dont have to use hooks, I just chose to as I am not a big fan of really small offset cams in steep placements.

The reachy bolt ladder was surprisingly more reachy than I thought it would be. It doesent start out that bad but towards the end I was top stepping every bolt. I am 5'8" and had to top step to reach the next bolt. So if you are shorter than that you may want to pass the lead over to your partner on the bolt ladder pitch.

booyeah

likely my most commited solo at this time

Did it in 2 nights so we could climb way casually, it was a great change of pace after the nose. Everything was pretty sweet except the cables on one or two the fixed heads... sitting on just a dozen little strands of wire as theyre grinding over an edge is no fun. Best Line on the column imo, makes astroman and the south face look like a pile.

My first big wall, and second time in aiders. I lead every pitch, and due to the "haul bag eating flake" we spent 2 nights on the wall. I'm tall so I was able to avoid a few hook move and some heads with broken cables. Such a great route, it was perfect for my first wall

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Con and I did this route in a day. climbed the first pitch and the last pitch in the dark. Great route for a first "push", wish we would have brought a hammer to remove nuts. I haven't climbed a wall without a hammer in a long time so that was a lesson learned.

Fixed mank galore-fest

this section isn't really set up for big wall ascents. I mean, I guess it was a hangdog ascent. And it took 2 days, but hardly a space for that...
There was one dicey almost gone bashie with a few strands left on its wire and what looked like a shoelace girth hitched on the swage...

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