ShawnIsBetter's Logbook (26 ascents)

The first pitch is the hardest 5.6 I've ever done in my life. Because of all the calcite it's like trying to climb out of a glass jar. Way strenuous. The second pitch is not so bad but don't take the line on the far left, the one with the bolt, like I did. Third pitch crux really wasn't that bad once I rested on the bolt and worked out the face climbing/stemming sequence in my head. Only two or three hard moves get you to calcite jugs. Not super hard but felt more like 5.10a/b then 5.9. On the next squeeze section go left side in and don't go too deep in the crack, it gets tight. Fourth pitch is the best pitch, straight forward climbing, short though. Rap the north face, you'll see 4 bolts and some chains. It's pretty scary cause there's so much air below you. At the bottom of the second rappel you have to swing over to the right to get to the ledge and anchors. It's kinda scary.

I hate calcite, shoes don't stick so it's kinda like climbing with roller skates on.

Overall it's not really fun climbing, more of a grunt fest, but it's well worth the blood and sweat.

I really like this route super steep and juggy. Really cool rock formation

Started hiking from alpine 6:00 am, got a bit lost and we ended on the backside of ? mark wall where we rapped down. We started climbing around noon. You have to do a bit of scrambling to get to the start of pitch one. The first pitch is short and easy but the belay station at the top sucks. Pitch two is a flaring shallow offwidth that's no fun to climb and less fun to protect, with a good belay ledge up top. Pitch 3 pretty easy, lots of flakes, good belay ledge. Pitch 4 is the hardest and the nicest, the triple overhangs were scary for me, but the hand crack following is the best 100 ft of the climb. Once completing the climb we scrabled another 100 ft or so to the summit for a great 360 view. Total climbing time was about 4 hours. Then we rapped, packed our shit and literally ran down most of the mountain back towards our car. Total trip time was about 14 hours, quite a long day. Sun up to sun down burleyness

Another long sport route with lots of cool pockets. The crux is passing the 2nd bolt.

It was a little decieving near the top.

I climbed it a long time ago. Don't remember much about it other that the crux seemed less protected that I would've hoped (I was probably just scared) and it's a short route.

Really juggy at the bottom then it's big moves to small holds when pulling the roof. Good route.

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Very popular for first time climbers. Perfect route for kids.

This feels way harder than the other 11s at ninth street. Maybe just cause it's not my style of climbing. The first half is the hardest, tiny holds.