Ascent Notes for: Selaginella - 5.8 Average Rating : 3.93/5

good climb. we did the harder 5.9 big corner over to the right. thought it was hard for 5.9

With Commitment. P1 is an awesome, sustained hand crack. The entire last pitch felt pretty airy to me. Top out right next to the lookout for Yosemite Falls which is awesome.

A lot easier than Supertopo plays it out to be and the wide cracks are only on pitch 1 and are nothing to be afraid of as they have a handcrack in the back. There is some route finding but common sense should find the right way. A few loose sections on pitch 1 but other than that I would recommend it based on exposure, nice climbing, and a cool topout location only a 100 yards from the falls vista.

some great continuous crack climbing!

The Caverns - Selaginella Linkup

Superb, sustained, and fun hand jamming all the way. P2 was the route finding crux. P3 had that memorable traverse and more hand jamming. But the hand jams made the day for me. Climbed with SH.

Was fun doing this after Comittment, but meandering route finding challenges were more tiresome than I hoped.
After the short nose-shaped chimney, look for the bolt and peg on the ledge above. (you dont want to go up the damp notch). You want to traverse left from the bolt on thin flakes, and to a small tree. I would belay here for rope drag. Then go straight up the crack system til you get to the ledge and final unlikely flake.
Watch out for falling rocks!

I freak Yaro out at the traversing ,it was hard to hear any suggestion ,shouting with tear, After that fear is something I have to be friend with!!! Thanks for leading me. I finally had a great fun.
Good link -with Commitment

commitment - selaginella linkup
first pitch was a workout -and loved the big flake topout for a finish

First time I've ever had my belayer take me off belay while I was climbing. Party above us happened to be yelling just the right words to make her think I was off belay. This was during the off-widthy part of the first pitch. I had my knee locked off in the crack and that was about it.

The exposed move from the little ledge around to the bigger one is pretty damn cool.

Kinda strenuous. Followed.