jonathanjcooke's Logbook (225 ascents)

Really hard to find the first set of bolts. From the big ledge that Dike Route starts from, aim roughly at the small fold with a bush (not a tree like in Supertopo) above it. The bolts are ridiculously hard to find. Super fun and a little scary. Some moderate run-outs higher on the route but the climbing is easy.

Make sure you end the traverse pitch in the right place. It is not a very good stance, so don't be looking for a comfy ledge. Then up the orange band of rock to the top. The second pitch is much longer than it looks from the first belay.

Walk up the long, right-leaning diagonal ramp to get to the start of the route. If I remember correctly the ramp starts to the left of a big arch. The move at the bolt on the first pitch is way hard for the grade. Super fun lie-backing on first pitch.

Incredibly fun with tons of variations. If you are in Tuolomne and don't do this route, you are seriously missing out. If you are confortable on 3rd class, don't bother roping up to get over to the base of Eichorn's. If you want to get a good picture of your partner on top of or rappelling Eichorn's, rappel first and tell him/her to wait. Scramble back up over easy terrain onto the ridge until you have a good view.

First and third pitch are slippery. The 5.7 roof looks a lot worse than it is.