I'm glad we called the Pinnacles Beta Hotline - my toes got blistered from the heat of the sun directly on the black rubber rands of my climbing shoes - any extra time spend looking for the descent would have resulted in more extensive foot damage! It turned out that it was 110 degrees.
Very cool climb, should have gotten on it sooner. That rack looks fine, although I don't remember placing a #2 Camalot. I do remember placing a yellow alien in a perfect slot - needed to protect the second if he slipped on bird dung mantling into the bird nest - a nasty pendulum could result otherwise.
- I'd add a few TCUs or Aliens to that gear list.
- Goggles or light-colored sunglasses, since this route clearly gets minimal traffic. I had to clean a lot of holds before grabbing them, and some lichen got stuck in my eye... It finally worked itself out at 8:00 PM that night, it was getting really painful and starting to worry me! I think I will be adding yellow safety glasses to my gear list for all obscure/West Side routes:
