Ascent Notes for: Step and Fetch - 5.8 Average Rating : 4.20/5

Climbed the Golden Earring start well, breezed through the scary traverse out to the face, and then fell a couple of times following up the business part. Still a great climb with great views from the top belay stance.

No crux move. A great overhanging jug haul.

the move looks so sketchy until you actually start doing it. then its just a classic moores jug hall.

We finished by going over the roof to the right.

Been looking at this for a while and finally got up the nerve to do it. Was a bit scared by the other Moore's 8 I tried (Super Direct) but this was way more reasonable. Sustained overhanging moves up stellar jugs with excellent pro (C4s .5-2 do the job). I just slammed cams home every so often and flew up this thing. It's more fun if you go straight up after you turn the corner from Golden Earring. I broke it up into two pitches by putting in a gear anchor just after that corner (mainly to re-collect some of my gear from GE). Fantastic belay ledge and crack for gear+small tree at the start around that corner. Getting around the corner is a little weird but getting a foot out helps; it's just a little awkward.

Can't wait to get on this again and see if I can extend the overhanging bit a little longer before I bail out to the easy section. Seems a little intense for an 8, but maybe that's just classic Moore's sandbag grading. I'd give it 5 stars if it was longer and didn't have the crappy low angle top out. Easy to scramble off to climbers left to get to the anchors for Golden Earring.

pumpy! good gear tho

Nice to do it again. The step around move is exposed, but the holds are good. The jugs up high are tasty, tasty, tasty with lots of options.

Great route - a little awkward moving over the roof to traverse right, but the holds are all really good.

This makes golden earring a bit more full credit. Good holds up there!

fun, steep jug-haulin'