Ascent Notes for: Epinephrine - 5.9 popular Average Rating : 4.65/5

Such a cool experience. Elephants trunks was so neat

+ Larry

My longest ever by several pitches. Seconded all but the first pitch. Incredible.

na

Kinda' thuggish - good route but not sure when I'll be back. Chimneys are a lot of grunt work!

led odd-numbered pitches

Took longer than expected. Chimneys weren't that hard just long. Start early, bring more water and food than you think.

Still in disbelief that every single pitch on this climb was so good. The chimneys are not scary at all and only involve maybe 100-150 feet of real chimneying, the rest is classic crack climbing. You want a scary chimney go do Tunnel Vision. Took about 10.5 hours car to car and we moved at reasonable pace in great weather with no one else on the route. Descent was straightforward using Supertopo beta but I could see it being awful in the dark.

Thanks to a very early start we got there first, with another 5-6 parties behind.

My partner Ryan and I did it in 10 pitches - started at 11am; skipped the first pitch and scrambled instead via a few feet to the right of the start - then linked the next 2 pitches simul-climbing. I led the first chimney and Ryan led the last two and then we swapped leads again after the Black Tower. The rest of the route is face climbing and scrambling that Ryan led. The descent is clearly marked with cairns but we were halfway down when it got dark on us. We managed to get to the vehicle after being embraced by brush and cactus kisses. The descent in the dark was the most intense part - but best route I've climbed in RR thus far; have to give a lot of that credit due to a knowledgeable and strong partner.