Mighty Tieton

Mighty Tieton is the name of an arts-centered movement in the small town of Tieton, Washington.  Here, it refers to a sustained, pumpy finger crack in a corner.

From the Fraction of the Sum ledge, romp up easy, fun hand cracks to a technical bolted slab. Maneuver past three bolts, starting on the left with thin lieback moves and ending on the right with small edges, pinches, and funky friction. Stem up a corner to the base of bulge guarding the start of a left-facing corner (Mighty Tieton) and a nine-bolt pillar (On the Way to Finer Things).

Clip the first bolt on the pillar, then power up and left over the bulge into the left-facing corner. The initial corner moves are protected by thin wired nuts before the crack opens up. The climbing doesn’t really ease up, though; after a good rest about 1/3 of the way up, the crux (for me) is a sustained section of off-fingers/power liebacking. The route ends with solid hand jams, although you might be a bit pumped at this point.

4 bolts (3 on the technical slab). A few hand crack-sized cams for the starting crack, with an optional TCU between the technical slab and the pillar. Gear up to a #2 BD cam for the upper crack; include small wireds.

Ends at a chain anchor shared with On the Way to Finer Things. The route does not top out. Two rappels to the ground.