Ascent Notes for: Pervertical sanctuary - 5.10c popular Average Rating : 4.67/5

The first pitch was wet, and probably 5.8 R after that it was pure enjoyment. I remember being startled upon reaching the top of the pillar, and looking 200 ft down the back side. Caught in a raging storm at the top.

One of my proudest "onsights", tagging the summit in a fantastic day car to car. Not all the pitches here are good but the two crux pitches are some of the most amazing I've ever climbed in the mountains. Went back a week later to do the Casual Route and bivied but I thought car to car was LESS total effort.

Great route up the diamond, first couple pitches are a little loose, but the quality get better and better as you ascend. The upper pitches really got the heart rate and breathing going. Got hammered by the weather for a while.

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better than casual route a must for the diamond We got coated with ice on last pitch bit chilly big broadway mudd slide

Another great Diamond route. The start is sort of indistinct and we ended up soloing most of the first pitch before we realized the route had started.

Crux Pitch and following pitch are good climbing. First/second pitches are BS. Other than the line and the jamming on the the two hard pitches not a rte I would do again.

Rapped after crux pitch and before wide pitch.

I've done this awesome route 3 times, first in 2001, and finally getting to lead the crux in 2005. So far I have yet to fall. The 5.10 crack pitches are incredible, some of the best hand cracks I've done anywhere, not just in the alpine. The 5.9 pitches can be loose in places but are still steep and spectacular. Do this classic asap before the Obelisk pillar falls off!!

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