JC, did you add this to the rebolting thread?
i didn't.
i figured it's been that way since 1972 and as an approach climb that probably sees decent traffic no one obviously has a problem with it. i'm just way more aware now.
not sure what you guys mean by the tree.
KC was questioning whether the bolt i show as #4 was for ABB or Trident. She thought i went too far over - i don't think so - esp if you look at the topo - it's a decent ways from #3 to #4. i think to get to the Trident bolt you'd actually have to duck under some branches - am i wrong?
just to confirm - i count the bolt at the crux/start as #1(it's fine) - then the smc w light patina #2 is not far/start of the grassy ledge - then the homemade rusty POS #3 as you prepare to leave the grassy ledge - and last the full on patina #4 is a decent length away but visible as you leave the ledge and traverse over and up a little.
is the bolt for Trident actually under the tree branches?
as far as i could tell i didn't traverse over any farther than i needed to and i didn't see any other bolts - unless it's easy to miss. i've only done the climb once before.
i didn't remember the moves up from #4 being so hard and neither did she - it only shows 5.6 on the topo but the moves seemed harder than that to us. maybe i was just unnerved after clipping what i perceived as crap.
i may also have selective memory of my onsight ascent - so jazzed by making some wild moves through the crux and surprised by the ease and abundance of bolts on p2 that i forgot the other parts!
