Ascents of Stage Left having Beta

Crux is at the top of the climb.

Very high first bolt -- though something below it might take gear. Also takes a smallish cam in a crack between the 2nd and 3rd bolts.

Listed as a trad climb, but can be climbed sport. A bit run out past a face with a cut bolt, but moves are good so it was no issue.

Enjoyed this climb.

Lead it again, to setup top-ropes. Put a black tri-cam in the horizontal.

Loose block before first bolt on left (Fall 2012).

Water is seeping over many lower holds but still very enjoyable.

Barefoot lead!!!

Route was damp in places, leading to slightly slippery handholds. There appears to once have been a bolt between #2 and #3, but it seems to have been clipped.

Found an ok spot for a green C4 before the runout first bolt, so I stayed on the face and out of the corner. Horizontal crack took a bomber pink tricam. Good crimps and rails. 5.6 feels about right. 5.9 on the rock must be a joke. I have climbed harder gym 5.9s.

High first bolt -- a bit annoying when wet. Easy-going until the last few moves.

Still run-out to first bolt.

Stick clip from the ledge.

Once again, another route that is a 5.9 when you do the actual route. Stemming on the corner and not just climbing the face makes the route easier but you are also off route. I don't know who chopped the 2nd to last bolt but why fucking bother making the route ugly and run out, very poor taste.

First lead of the day. Had my hand in the spot where a .5 cam could have gone so placed a nut instead. Went back up after to find the cam placement.

Still have no idea how this could possibly be a 5.9. Even if you stay out of the gully on the face and stay right at the top.

Sported climbed. Was confident to run out between bolt 2-3. Crux is just after clipping the 3rd bolt.

Sported this one, big gap between second and third bolt

Used a tricam in the horizontal crack near the top.

Not too shabby. Make sure you go in direct around chest height at anchor. No place for feet if you climb up much further because the face slopes back in. 3-4bolt is very run out. Guess thats why its a mixed route now.

gear option between 3rd and 4th bolt. Finger sized.

Mostly sport except one missing bolt between 3rd and 4th bolt

Nice route, only one harder move between last bolt and anchor if climbed directly in front of the bolt. The move can be bypassed by climbing on the left.

Takes x4 0.3 or 0.4 in the horizontal crack between bolt 3 and 4.

Still wet from this week's rain

We climbed this as a sport route, but between the third and fourth bolts where there is a gap heading right to clip the bolt on the adjacent route and then traversing back.

Finally lead this with trad pieces today! Placed a tricam in the crack.

Every time I get to the end of this, I think the anchors are too low... the real moves on the climb finish with the anchors at about your knees.

Someone has already added a new first bolt... I wonder if I should add a new, higher, anchor?

Climbing again to clean

fun and easy climb on lead

Was too tired to lead it.