Ascent Notes for: High Corner - 5.5 Average Rating : 3.47/5

It's very fun, juggy, happy joyful, easy peasy. Lots of gear. Incredible rope drag if you go all the way to the strictly rap tree. It was an athletic event belaying my seconds.

P1 is fun if you do the variation. P2 is a hoot, a total jug fest with nice moves. Climb to the top of the corner and move left to the ledge to the left of Shockley's. You can use this as a way to bypass parties on Shockley's.

We started on the P1 variation and enjoyed the 5.5 climbing to the pine tree. This pitch eats gear and would be a good lead for a new leader. P2 is super easy, 5.3 with good gear.

blind cam placement...

Lead the first 2 pitches, then finished on Shockley's. The climbing was fun, but not amazing on those pitches.

its a shame the whole route isn't like p3...

climbed w beau as a warmup. nice easy climb, found it quite enjoyable though. go all the way to the top and do all pitches. would be a fine climb for a new 5.5 leader in my opinion.

P1 is a gardeners nightmare; some ok rock leads to a very dirty corner. Climb the dirty corner to a chimney. Climb the chimney or just go left and climb the outside of the chimney, either way it's a choss pile. P2 is much nicer, a beautiful 5.2 with a nice line. We did P3 of Shockleys instead of the third pitch of High Corner. Shockleys is always a pleasure, somehow that roof doesn't get any easier and the second roof is always a surprise. Frankly, i would rather do Shockleys ground up then this variation. High Corner had nothing much to offer, although P2 was delightful.

It started to rain again so we only did the 1st pitch. I had a difficult time and I don't recall the chimney that people are talking about, so I don't know what the hell we climbed.

The 1972 guide mentions that this climb was the scene of a fatality and several major incidents. It would be easy to make this more difficult than it really is - perhaps that was what happened.