We tried, but we didn't make it. Andy Solow & Dick Richardson circa 1977

Nice afternoon climb. See route description for Diablo Diamante - South East Passage. Long pants, long sleeve shirt recommended for the "meat grinder" final pitch!

The tower located on the valley floor of the main area of Christmas Tree Pass. Other short sport or mixed gear routes are on the boulders that lay at the tower's base.

Very cool line on this wild looking boulder. I used a small cam to protect moves to the first bolt.

Kole styled the route ground up; super rock and great location make this an awesome squeeze. Next to it was a scary looking 12" crack to OW roof. Looking for takers. Kole took on olympus digital 022806.

An awesome route up a steep dike made this a fine objective for this trip. We finished this line in two days. Sonso45 took on olympus digital 021106.

The day was very windy and that made the cold really bite. Still, they looked like they were having fun. The first ascent was a sight to behold. The route continue up and left on the steeper dike. Sonso45 took on olympus digital 021206.

We had fun going up this line. We found a line of bolts on the slab next to the crack we intended to climb. After that, we just headed up weaknesses and wide stuff to the top. Great day.

We saw a crack system going up and we also found a bolted slab to start. Nice rock and interesting moves make this a fun outing. Not bad for blind luck, we walked up and found a 600' face. No idea if it had been done before. We found no anchors at all on top. Fun day. Sonso45 took on olympus digital 011306.

I thought it was going to be easier, the angle was deceptive and the rock was very grainy. Still, it was an awesome crack. Sonso45 took on olympus digital 011106.

We never found anchors but we did find a walk-off on the SE side. David is on the south side of the saddle. Sonso45 took on olympus digital 011306.

Fred East on the crus of Exhibition on Dali Dome, during the second ascent. Dick Richardson and friends on the Surreal Peel on the left. Photo by Andrew Solow, circa 1979 Re-Printed from Climbing Magazine #54, May/June 1979

Most of this route is pretty grungy, but it's got a nice exit crack at the top. This is in the Tourist Trap area, a north facing wall uphill & to the right of Aviator Wall

Thin fingers & smearing as you near the anchor.

A string wind might blow this rotten formation over.

As we were driving through Christmass Tree pass, we came across a large mouth shaped boulder. We call it Grimace after the famed McDonald's character it resembles. Chalk marks inside the mouth were evidence that we weren't the first to consider climbing here. Rock_diva poses.

Rock_Diva leads this route. We were told that it was a 5.9. It's a single pitch to the belay ledge then 4th class to the top and a walk off on the back side.

Fred East lead out on the crux of the 2nd pitch of Exhibition with two of his friends hanging from the two, 1/4" x 1 1/8" Rawl belay bolts - circa 1979. Dick Richardson and Bob Morkin are watching from the top of the 1st pitch of Surreal Peal.