Stately Pleasure Dome

Well, it was our last day for climbing, sigh. We'd had such a great time. South Crack is a classic, awesome route with some great 5.8 finger cracks. Here are notes from our journal:

Pitch	Leader	Length	Description
1	Michael	40 m	Fun flake grabbing led to a delicate traverse to a wide crack, made easier by a flake in the back. The crack narrowed to finger-width, occasionally pinching off to nothing (5.8). Sustained, great climbing here! Semi-hanging belay from a cam, nut and piton.
2	Aidan	25 m	Beautiful finger pinches! As I climbed I let the world know how awesome they were! Stopped halfway up at nice ledge because a slow party in front blocked the way. Michael and I took a long nap on seperate ledges while we waited, then I belayed him to my ledge. (5.8)
3	Aidan	25 m	Led the rest of the crack to the start of slab! Looked like runout climbing above...It was!
4	Michael	50 m	Got two pieces of gear in the right trending crack, then set off left for unprotected 5.6 friction. A good cam placement was the only protection for 25 feet of 5.7 slab climbing to a gear belay atop flakes. Exciting pitch!
5	Aidan	50 m	Led easy runout slabs to bolts. One piece on entire pitch. (5.4)
6	Michael	45 m	Straight up on easy slab then crack climbing to ledge belay that marked end of climb (5.5). Traverse left to descent route.

Again we hiked down 3rd/4th class slabs like our previous trip to Stately Pleasure. This is another great climb with a great partner!