My first lead, pitch 2, wet 5.11c felt very burly. Maybe it was more moist than wet but it was fully wet by my high desert standards.
Pitch 4 is a 40-m bolted crack, primarily off-width but transitioning to squeeze then chimney near the end. I heartily approve of the bolts. They were far enough apart in places that I still got my special off-width feeling.
It ends as a legitimate birthing pitch.
I felt like a ninja after the ninja move on pitch 6.
These really are perfect hero hands.
Naomi led pitch 7: 55 m, mostly a stellar crack, then finishing with traversing moves where all the holds are in kitty litter, to a beached whale maneuver.
Then there is a long pitch of balancy thin face and slab moves to "The Roof."
Naomi follows the thin stuff.
Pitch 8 has a classic squamish finish: hugging some trees along a ledge traverse.
Naomi prepares to lead the crux pitch, exhibiting immaculate hair and side cleavage with lovely Howe Sound light in the background.
The final pitch was not quite a gimme and ended with a mandatory belly flop.
Some wet, some dirty, but all around a very good route.
