The Obelisk

This crack was aid soloed and hasn’t been lead free yet. I thought initially the crack would be more moderate but it has two fixed pitons down low and then moves into a finger crack and widens to fist. The transition one must make from  aid to free is a bummer but if you carefully climb up the left side of the obelisk with a BIG piece of webbing you could sling the left side of the crack and set up a top rope without too much hassle. The cracks edges are rounded out and the right side juts out a little further than the left.

You can see the yellow striped, pointed face of The Obelisk from the bridge. The approach looks more daunting than it really is. Simply walk to where the bridge cables anchor into the hill and walk up and left to gain the Ridge and then contour back right.

Two fixed pitons, old #4 Camelot and large hex are at the top for rappelling. Bring extra tat to back up the old stuff.

This route is heavy on #3 & 4 Camelot’s.