Ascent Notes for: Bat out of Hell - 5.11b Average Rating : 3.25/5

...first two bolts clipped. THe rock quality is pretty bad if you veer off the line at all. This route can stay somewhat sandy, but the moves are really fun.

then toproped. Must be very careful to keep the bolts clipped in order to keep from swinging out into the tree. A couple of finger size TCUs are helpful to back up the pin between the 1st and second bolt.

We top roped this; it's bolted and with some determination can be set up to prevent swinging into the tree. We clipped one of the roof bolts on rappel and that was enough to keep from hitting the tree. It was very useful to clip the intermediate pieces to keep the top-rope in tight.

All good until you start moving up from that piton... then the tough part kicks in. At least there is a full laydown rest right before the roof.

Quite a bold lead!

Top-roped to the right of the real route, she peeled. I tried it too, and peeled right where she did. The bolt route should not be top-roped, for the tree you would swing into. The big stuff to the side gets you easily to a sloped slab at the small roof it fell from, with an obvious crack to pull--but the pull is way harder than getting to it, or above it. A lot of rigging trouble and hiking to fail at one move, is all I got. Others at least get to fail at the real route.