Ascents in Hole in the Wall

Tried to lead the first pitch but it seemed too spicy for where I am currently as a trad leader. Got up to the top of the wide-ish crack below the layback and then decided to downclimb. Followed Mark on both pitches. Very fun climbing, especially the lieback! We had some routefinding difficulties on pitch two

Led the bottom pitch and toproped the top pitch a coupla months ago. Then I seconded it with Carl D. I'm starting to grock the possibilities on the crux moves on the first pitch.

FFA. Takes off of Miss Piggy. Would be better (good) if someone would ascend it with a wire brush (for the lichens) and small plant trimmers.

I followed Jim up the first pitch, the 5.8 layback. At the top of the crux (but not over the crux) I rested on the rope to remove some pro and to straighten out the equipment troubles (I almost lost my sunglasses. We got off route at the top of the 5.8 layback (see the climb “Kermit the Frog”; but, we climbed the second pitch by lowering down from the top (top rope).

It's mean and green but with a little taming it could be a good climb. I led half of the second pitch starting from the small pinon above the Seamingly Obvious 5.8 layback move. I climb up the open book crack, over some bushes, and then left over the Arête (which separates “Kermit the Frog” from the bolted face route “Another Pair of Shoes” (this is as far as I got), follow a small open book up and right back across the arête, continue a pair of cracks, finish by crossing back left over the arête, and climbing easier rock to the top.

Route alternates between loose, blocky stuff and good rock.

Around the corner from where the top map shows Redeemer is a large dihedral (or gully). At the top of the gully we moved right onto the ridge and up to the top of the gully for the 1st belay (I noticed holds and a two bolt anchor if we would have moved left onto the left face of the gully). The first pitch had good rock. On the second pitch I followed good and bad rock up and left into a small chimney and belayed Jim from a chock stone in the chimney. Jim stepped right across the chock stone to the face and followed easy (5.5) but exposed ramps to the top. The climb was ok but kind of junky with mixed rock and some scrambling, the bottom and top 3rd was more consistent and better rock