tristan's Logbook (1 ascent)

Greg Carter from texas and vicente planelles (rc.com name Tristan) from salt lake city swapped leads (sometimes more than once per pitch) to complete this awesome adventure. Vicente was climbing this for the second time (first with Alpinerocket), and elected to do the 5.9+ variation of pitch 5, and to complete the pitch by leading the 10b.c roof. the roof is very very well protected, although once over the roof the climbing becomes a bit thin. Make sure pro under the roof will not cause rope drag, as it will make it very difficult to go through te thin section. Once you overcome the main roof, you will be under another, smaller roof, which you should not climb but just follow up and left and traverse a corner to the left to rejoin the regular route. There is a good cam placement (0.4 inch) right befor you turn the corner, so make sure you place pro as the traverse (about 8 ft.) is unprotected. Highly recommended variation, very exposed.