Ascent Notes for: Arrowsmith - 5.8 Average Rating : 3.83/5

Awkward stances are the only negatives of this route.

I went too far past P1 and got off route. Found a nice shady ledge to belay from after about 10ft of 5.9 face climbing. Only problem was the rope drag and I was hot and tired at the end of the day. Gardner finished out the route straight up from the Y. We're naming this variation "Capital Y". Only problem with this route is the decent through the brush is not easy.

Kevin went straight up 20 ft beyond P1 belay station and lie down in a triangular cove. I led up 30ft to top off.

Use this as the benchmark for 5.7.

Awesome route, started it out by singing Walk this Way by Aerosmith :)
I don't think the climb is any harder than 5.7. It's just very sustained. Great route though and the view from up top is amazing. From what I hear many variations exist for toping out on the second pitch. We went left up a polished face easily seen from the belay ledge. Rigging the belay here was tricky, but the anchor was solid. This is now one of my favorite climbs in the Wichita Mountains.

good view

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fun route - though I belayed at the first little ledge so maybe didn't finish the "entire" route, though I was going by old guidebook. Ended up taking a direct line up/right from that belay, involving a steep unprotected mantle. Fun route. Beam led it w/Keving following, right before I did so I had the beta that I needed plenty of slings . . . which was pretty obvious. Protected well, though!

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Lead both pitches, and honored the true line on the 2nd, so both pitches were new leads for me. Great route.