Direct North Buttress 5.11 or 5.10 A0

Did he ever write about how much time he and his partner put into this line? I would love to hear about it.

> Where do you think you got off route above the Turret? You say the climbing gets easier around the arete - is that moving from the right?

I am not sure. From the notch we went straight up some crack, than lieback, stance. From that stance the tree was to the left and above, and we traversed left around the arete towards it. Probably traversed left at a different spot. Topo said it is supposed to be 5.8, probably more than one way to do it.

... I'm really choked because Clint beat me to the FA.

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Arch Rock Area – Lower Merced River Gorge. Closure includes all routes with the following exceptions: routes west of and including “Later” and northeast of and including “Juliette’s Flake” remain open.
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