Ascent Notes for: Rainy Day Woman - 5.9 Average Rating : 4.14/5

This route is great, and has several storylines (trad): The tricky, committing, and pumpy start (some polish... not that bad), pulling through flakes mid-way, and the very run-out finish. Tempting to sling the big loose block or throw gear behind, but possibly psychological pro. Need your head on straight for this finish.

Crux mostly at the beginning. I managed to put a metolius TCU #1 at 10 ft from the ground and found a very narrow spot for a .3 BD cam just 1ft higher at the begin of the crux, i was fighting to unlock the moves but it was so polished that my hand just slipped and I fell down, the BD failed but my belayer was paying attention so he took rope the most he can and after having leaned his self back the metolius caught me just a few inches from the ground, (Nice catch Pietro!) after the fall on the next attempt found the trick, past the crux and the rest was just plain fun! I still remember the scary block a the end it looks like it s gonna be detached at any moment, and is huge.

very polished on the bottom!

As stated elsewhere the bottom is very polished.So belayer beware. Look for a tiny open book just big enough for your foot. There's still some texture for a smear.

Highly recommended but be VERY careful near the bottom.
Be sure to look around when you reach the top - nice view.

Very slippery at the bottom. Pumpy all the way through for me. Many good hold that are not so obvious. Very nice climbing

Great 5.9

Some nice guy let me use his toprope. A fun and sustained climb....really polished at the base though...

I should've taken less medium cams and more nuts, two sets of nuts is useful here, especially the small to medium sizes.

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