Kind of, from the end of the video there is about 80' of climbing to go with quite a bit of scrambling to the top. You really stay center after doing a little z shuffle- right then left, once you step off the ledge. You will know if you start wandering astray at this point as the lichen is very heavy way left or way right.
Clingingrock Awesome! Thanks man. We are headed up to get on it in a couple weeks from now. We will be a roped party of two. Already had a blast on The Daddy a couple years ago.
Not tough at all after you pass the Mummy heading down towards the Daddy keep hopping the boulders instead of heading towards to the start of the Daddy. There is really no established trail and depending on how much traffic it sees depends on how much blackberry bushes you'll have to shwack to get to the start. The route begins in the obvious roof capped corner. The 1st Pitch ends at 3:20, the 2 pitch ends below the roof or just above at 6:42, the 3rd pitch ends on the tree ledge at 9:05 and the 4th pitch ends on the tree ledge at 12:52. From there go left and take the best path to the top, there are several ways from this point but just left will be one of the easiest. Should take a roped party of two about three hours depending on experience.
Awesome! Thanks for the intel. We may do this at the end of the month, depending on weather, so it should be easier to find without much brush-busting. I don't know if we'll go all the way up because we may decide to top out on the Prow. If not, which pitch would you recommend rapping off from, P2 or P3? I'm assuming there's no bolted rings anywhere.
There is no fixed gear on The Prow, Mummy, Daddy, or Good Heavens. You will need to build natural anchors as you go and rapping off of the small trees is bad etiquette, and on Good Heavens will put you in a spot where you'd have to leave gear. Best to top out and rapp the gully and shoot across to the prow.
Dang. I knew these were all trad routes but I was hoping there'd be a good spot to rapp down from without having to top out and go *back* down the approach trail. Plus, that walk-off above Mummy/Daddy/Good Heavens looks a little hairy. I camped above Open Book last spring and watched a few parties toe that line and kinda got the willies.
I’ll hit this one next!!
Why no pitch 5?
Did you still have a pitch remaining at the end? Or did you have to head left from end of video?
Kind of, from the end of the video there is about 80' of climbing to go with quite a bit of scrambling to the top. You really stay center after doing a little z shuffle- right then left, once you step off the ledge. You will know if you start wandering astray at this point as the lichen is very heavy way left or way right.
Clingingrock
Awesome! Thanks man. We are headed up to get on it in a couple weeks from now. We will be a roped party of two. Already had a blast on The Daddy a couple years ago.
I've been wanting to do this route for a while now; looks awesome. How tough is it to find once you get down into the Amphitheater proper?
Also, I've got some questions about this route if you don't mind I pester you for a few minutes.
Not tough at all after you pass the Mummy heading down towards the Daddy keep hopping the boulders instead of heading towards to the start of the Daddy. There is really no established trail and depending on how much traffic it sees depends on how much blackberry bushes you'll have to shwack to get to the start. The route begins in the obvious roof capped corner. The 1st Pitch ends at 3:20, the 2 pitch ends below the roof or just above at 6:42, the 3rd pitch ends on the tree ledge at 9:05 and the 4th pitch ends on the tree ledge at 12:52. From there go left and take the best path to the top, there are several ways from this point but just left will be one of the easiest. Should take a roped party of two about three hours depending on experience.
Awesome! Thanks for the intel. We may do this at the end of the month, depending on weather, so it should be easier to find without much brush-busting. I don't know if we'll go all the way up because we may decide to top out on the Prow. If not, which pitch would you recommend rapping off from, P2 or P3? I'm assuming there's no bolted rings anywhere.
There is no fixed gear on The Prow, Mummy, Daddy, or Good Heavens. You will need to build natural anchors as you go and rapping off of the small trees is bad etiquette, and on Good Heavens will put you in a spot where you'd have to leave gear. Best to top out and rapp the gully and shoot across to the prow.
Dang. I knew these were all trad routes but I was hoping there'd be a good spot to rapp down from without having to top out and go *back* down the approach trail. Plus, that walk-off above Mummy/Daddy/Good Heavens looks a little hairy. I camped above Open Book last spring and watched a few parties toe that line and kinda got the willies.