Ascent Notes for: Jim Dandy - 5.4 popular Average Rating : 3.90/5

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First time climbing at night. Found it interesting hyper-focused on the tiny beam from a headlamp. Loved it even though it rained on us the last two pitches :)

2nd pitch was really wet with runoff but still enjoyed the warmup to access the lunch ledge

Second pitch was dripping water through the traverse the day we climbed it. This made the exposure stand out to me more than normal, but didn't affect the climb too badly. Beautiful views and a great warm-up climb.

led the first pitch a year ago.
followed this time and then led the second pitch. really fun.
followed the third.

great climb.. first time on a multi-pitch and it was a good learning experience..definately working on being more efficent and learning to become better climbing partners now so when we reach the tough climbs we can be more in control and have more fun.

third pitch was a little disappointing.. wouldn't want to take a fall without trad gear b/c bolts are pretty far apart. 1st was good and second great because of the exposer. repelled back from the 3rds anchors to 2nd and then repelled on 2 ropes to the bottom from there (also a great repel).. if did it again i would just stop at the 2nd and repel on 2 ropes to the bottom

I liked this climb. The 3rd pitch was disappointing (5.3ish), but the 2nd was great to break someone into a little exposure

Onsight free-solo.

Very fun, mostly traversing and spectacular exposure. Mind the anchors at the top of the second pitch they are a bit scetchy.

This was going to be my first multi-pitch. We bailed at the top of pitch one due to a thunderstorm rolling in.

I placed 1 cam before the first bolt for added confidence and opted out of the last bolt before the shuts by placing a cam to the left side of the route line instead.

Really was bummed about the thunderstorm coming in, so it won't be long before I head back to finish out the route.