Looks like you could continue going right as well. but don't need to touch it), we headed straight up, up a blank looking corner where jugs and some gear appeared. After getting to the top of the initial section (crazy, giant, detached flake. In all honesty, some route finding issues could be had towards the top. P8: Easy right and up to gain the east ledges. The "pro for follower" as Reid notes would theoretically work but it seemed way too out of reach for me to get some in there, so we went with this lower out method. He climbed back down from the fixed anchor, made the move out right and then pulled the bight of rope. My 2nd climbed up to the fixed anchor and put himself on a lower out, but then climbed free with me still belaying/feeding out slack. Continue traversing right on steep flakes until a nice stance before it gets easy. Climb back down and then bust a little move out right to gain a ledge/ramp. Easier climbing leads up to a fixed anchor of sorts. Nest in some gear off the belay and bust a tough face move up and over the little roof. Los Angeles, California, USA,Part of gallery of black and white pictures of California by professional. This pitch is cool but a pian in the ass. Bridge, Harbor Freeway, and skyline at nightfall. Gain some jugs on the lip of the roof and then climb up to a stance and gear belay. Crux is tips underclinging and is over pretty quickly, but it packs a pump. Lieback up the leaning corner until it turns into a roof. It's best to ignore the "temporary belays" that Reid shows. Clip the 7th bolt once you gain the ledge system and traverse left to set up a gear belay in the corner. They do an ok job of protecting the hardest bits. A piece or two for off the belay and then it's 6 bolts in roughly 40 meters. Romp up the sweet flake and belay at a small stance where we found some tat, right before the face pitch starts. Once satisfied, make some insecure moves to get your feet up on a dike feature where you can then clip the bolt. A finger size piece can also be had out left. Smaller is better where the roof/flake is a bit more solid. Instead of traversing straight left to continue to the top of Slab Happy Pinnacle, climb to the top of a little pillar and up underneath a roof. Your bolt of the next pitch can be seen up and left from the belay. At any rate, reach a bolted anchor in a notch in the pinnacle itself. These pitches can also be done in 2 as described here on MP. (honestly, the curx of that route felt just about as hard as anything on this). P1-3: The dihardral seems the most natural start. Don Reid says it best, "bold and beautiful." An incredible line that links up slab happy pinnacle with an awesome hanging dihedral via an "amazing orange face" to top out the wall.
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