agrawe's Logbook (5 ascents)

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The first pitch is a pure sport face climb that is well protected and can be top-roped/raped off of. If you want to climb the crack bring a set of cams .5-3 for protection. I only saw one 'bolt' protecting the crack that looked like it was made from 1/8 in tin. After the crack head right to 3 quality bolts that lead up to the 2 bolt anchor. Rap off the back after topping out.

The first pitch is a short well protected climb to a small cave with a three bolt anchor. The second pitch is where the excitement begins. There is one manky bolt within arms reach when leaving the cave followed by a ridiculous runout to the second bolt. If the leader falls before the second bolt I don't think the first bolt will hold much of the fall, and the leader would be looking to deck into the cave/belayer. If the leader misses the cave I'm guessing the first manky bolt will blow and the anchor will need to hold the factor 2 fall. I see this route is rated 'G' which i find ridiculous, definitely PG-13, if another bolt is added between the anchor and the second bolt this would be PG. After clipping the second bolt the rest of the bolts are of good quality and spread out, but nothing outrageous.

This is quality 5.7/(5.8-) climbing. The climb is very well protected, with a lot of the old bolts still on the route and new ones in arms reach. We easily climbed this route in one pitch with a 60 meter rope.