gland11's Logbook (4 ascents)

This was a great route with most of the cruxes centering around transitions from laybacks to highsteps to get over the overhangings steps. Got pretty pumped out on the lower half of the route with the climbing getting easier as I got higher and could use the right side of the dihedral for solid stems. Very well protected route because there were clips right where you needed them, but the protection was sketch ass old pitons

Super exposed climb up a beautiful arete. By far one of the prettiest climbs I've ever done. There are great jugs running all over this thing, but because the holds are really good, the protection is a little run out. Prolly about a 12 to 15 foot runnout between the first couple bolts. The grade is more along the lines of a 5.8+ to a 5.9-

Really fun route on the best rock in the Garden. Start on the boulder and do a leftward traverse over a 15 foot dropoff to clip the first bolt. It's pretty easy climbing out to the first bolt but it would be terrible to take a fall before you clip. Just for peace of mind I used a stick clip on the first bold. It's one of the best protected routes I've ever climbed after that first clip though. Nice crimps and thin flake pintches will bring you to the anchors

great route! Sharp crimpers all the way up. The granite is a little flaky but over all good rock quality. The views from pretty much all routes are amazing from the pentical. Only sketchy part was when I got to the anchors and found that one had been pulled out. Ran my rope through the remaining chain and slapped a bail biner on the last bolt just in case the anchor popped.