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Description
Start up the Gemstone off-width, but instead of traversing left under the roof, climb it instead! Stem the dihedral and climb the thin finger crack on the roof past a welded nut. It protects fairly well with small cams (I placed a #1 C3 and two 0s). After powering over the roof, climb the obvious hands to wide-hands crack 30 feet to the anchors. Protects with #1 and #2 C4s. Be vary careful of getting your rope stuck in the crack as you come over the top of the roof. It happened to me.
Mark Dalen and Paul Horak originally gave the route a 5.7 A3 rating.
Second ascent by Jerry Smith in 1977, first free ascent by John Fleming and Paul Davidson in 1982.
Location
Start at the Gemstone offwidth
Protection
Small cams or nuts protect the thin roof crack, and the nice jamcrack on top takes BD #1-#3. Finish at the Gemstone anchors or scramble down the west side.