One of the most beautiful splitters in Yosemite on incredible hard golden glacial polished rock, seldom done due to its remote location.

1. 5.11c Jam up the obvious vertical hand crack for a long pitch to a belay ledge at the base of a 'Y'.

2. 5.9 Jam up either side of the 'Y' to the summit.

Primate Crossing

Breaking Wind

S Chimney

Rocket to Uranus

1. 5.10c Follow 3 bolts straight up, then diagonal right to more bolts which lead to a large ledge.

2. 5.10a Follow some thin parallel cracks to another large ledge.

3. 5.11b Face climb up right past a bolt, then follow ledges and short corners and cracks to a point where bolts traverse back left (crux) to a small stance.

4. Face climb past a bolt (5.10a) and follow easier climbing to a stance beneath a slot.

5. A short 5.4 pitch leads up the slot to the summit.

This route follows the prominent S-shaped chiminey, for two pitches.

Walk off to the right.

1. 5.11a - short pitch, Climb up the brush covered ledge and look for a single bolt that protects a difficult face move left to a small ledge at the base of a right facing corner. Use large cams for the anchor.

2. 5.10c, Climb up the corner in thin cracks (10c), then up into a wide chimney with a hand crack on one side. Continue up and out of the chimney to a point where you can traverse right to a nice ledge with bolted anchor.

3. 5.11b/c, Traverse back left into the crack system and follow it a point where the crack peters out in a shallow dihedral. Follow bolts up and left on steep, thin edge face climbing (crux), eventually reaching another right leaning easy ramp. You can continue up the ramp to the summit but it may be better to belay here to prevent too much drag.

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