Eric Kramak

Thanks for the inspiration Jens and Sol- did this link-up c2c on Friday. Both lines are stellar. Acid baby could use a bit more climbing to clean it up. Can climb the first pitch on a 60 with about 10-15' of secure simul-climbing. Pitches 4 and 5 present minor route finding issues. Not certain we took the "correct" line, but aiming for the obvious prow/spire will get you where you need to be. Solid Gold was amazing. The two .11a pitches were fairly straight forward, easy to protect and had short (fierce) crux sections. We found the namesake pitch to be the stoutest on the climb. For brevity's sake, it's easily possible to extend pitch 2 to the top of the "fun offwidth" - more of a wide pod with a good crack in the back - then combine the .10a slab/mantle pitch and the dead snag pitch (there's a live tree hear as well - good land mark)to eventually make the base of the West Ridge friction pitch in 4 leads. Do this link-up. You'll love it. Guaranteed. double rack - real small to #2 c4, #3 c4, nuts, etc...