bgrasse's Logbook (34 ascents)

This route is great! Get an early start though.
The first 1500 feet were pretty straight forward and only took a couple of hours but when we reached the base of the headwall things got a little wierd. First of all, everey topo that we had, three in all, said take obvious crack/chimney for 200'. This left us confused because we were looking at a wall full of crack/chimneys so we ended up taking a 5.9 variation. Don't worry though, because it seemed that nearly every crack has been done. So instead of one 200' pitch we did two, one of which being 5.9 but we eventually arrived at the sloping leadge and were back on route.
The intire climb took about twelve hours tent to tent and we should have planned three days instead of two because hiking out and driving home the same day was quite draining.
So as long as you expect some route finding trouble and don't get bad weather you should be fine. Oh ya, the desent has a little tendency to cliff out but if you take your time and keep your head you'll be fine.
I would totally do this route again.

This was my first lead/climb at the Creek and is sick. I'd say that it's kind of facey feeling though.

Sweet climing on okay rock. Perfect for a first multi-pitch. We also did a night ascent that was really cool.

This route is one of the best routs at the Garden. Great exposure and a nice summit make for a great time. I've done it at least ten times. Is the large loose block still at the start?