Ascent Notes for: surrealistic pillar direct - 5.10b Average Rating : 4.33/5

great climb, good gear. wonderful hand crack to finish!

climbed right hand variation; right of traditional wide crack and straight up the face, with knob tie off to an interesting mantle at the roof undercling cracks into the right hand hand crack. Super mellow yet fun climb!

I just wanted to do it as soon as I saw it. Super safe stem fest at the start. I traversed right to finish. It was a great decision.

I liked going straight up the crack on the left best, but the version 10 feet to the right hiking up the dikes to the roof is cool too.

Followed the crack up to where it ends near the rap anchors, then finished on the standard route. Felt really soft for 10b.

went up crack to pin, traversed right above roof to next crack. toproped face to roof.

This is a good route that takes good pro and has a spicy final mantel move, this move will be difficult for the 5.9 leader breaking into 5.10.

Fun corner, step out under overhang and pull up through. Good gear. Crux just above roof.

No particularly hard moves, just a sustained effort.

several good rests in the wide section, plenty of time to have the sun come out, plenty of time to get sweaty, and plenty of time to take a hang in order to remove a thermal shirt that for some reason i thought was necessary in summer. after all that the 2nd half was very fun and crack finish very nice.