Walk on the Wild Side - 5.7 popular

Excellent slab, fun leading

a must do. Great view from the top/

jkslaf

crazy run-outs up high....and not exactly plentiful down low. if you want, link the 2nd and 3rd by skipping the belay station and the first bolt of the third pitch (it actually seems like this is the way to do it anyway). makes for a casual 190' pitch. i'm almost positive you can rap this thing with a single 70m, but a long rap off the top of 3 and then a 105' rap to the ground is casual.

traded leads on this one. pitch 1 is the cruxiest. the hardest moves are below the first belay and are 5.7++ (maybe) if you sequence them right. mentally prepare for solid 5.9 and you'll be in the right headspace. i'm told if you get off-route it gets into 10a/b territory but can't attest, fortunately. some accounts show this as a 3-pitch. it can be done in 2 if you have 60m rope. when leaving the first belay station, keep eyes out for bolts above and to the left: there are two lines of bolts ascending from the first belay, the line that runs more or less straight up will deposit you about 20 feet to the right of the second (2-bolt) belay station, making for an airy and runout traverse. better to stick left, makes for a cleaner line up to the second station. you can in fact blow right on thru and finish it up to the big ledge with a 60m rope, making for a long (~10 bolt?) second pitch. beautiful rock, view, very windy exposure, the aerodynamics were not insignificant given the climb is a delicate friction slab-dance most of the time. would not hesitate to repeat.