This route links the best parts of Yak Crack (lower pitches) and Reality Check (upper pitches). The character, rock quality and protection of the middle pitches (6 to 8) were greatly affected by rockfall a few years ago. You may encounter some rather chossy sections, while a few comfortable belays are now more like hanging belays. Pitch 9, the undercling/floating bridge, is truly incredible and well worth the effort. All anchors are bolted and were replaced in 2022.
First Five pitches of Yak Crack/Yak Check (as per McLane guidebook)
p1: scramble/solo up 5.0 corner to low angle, gravelly slabs. Didn't see a bolted anchor for this pitch.
p2: Either go up left facing corner to a ledge, or traverse to the right and go up a right facing corner to a ledge. Traverse to a bolted anchor just before the long dihedral.
p3: go up steep flakes to gain the face of the large dihedral, and enter the 140m crack. Belay at bolts part way up the crack.
p4: continue up the crack, pull through the bushes, and belay at bolts above the first set of bushes,
p5: continue up the crack, which starts to get gravelly, to a second set of bushes and a chockstone. Continue higher to belay at bolts.
Rappel with double ropes. We were not able to link p4 and p5, so we belayed off the chockstone.
