Rostrum Roof Yosemite

Eliza kerr enjoying tea and cookies while midway up the rostrum.

Rostrum roof yosemite.

The rostrum is a beautiful pillar of gray rock with sheer orange sections and beautiful crack systems. The roof is easily 12 c. The climbing is secure well protected and physical. Featuring alex honnold free soloing astroman 5 11c 10 pitches and the rostrum 5 11c 8 pitches in yosemite valley in a single day.

Instead you must climb over on crimps to the other crack fifteen feet shy of the bolt and then climb more 12 climbing to the final 5 11 finish. A route caught my eye. Stays dry in a light rain i read to john from the book. Some peregrine falcon footage and then climbers on the last couple of pitches of the rostrum.

Unfortunately if you are shorter than said height you cannot reach through to the regular rostrum roof crack. During that autumn the american also soled astroman on the very same day as alien cosmic debris 8a and heaven 7c and at the time we wrote those who know these routes and alien in particular are aware. The rostrum is a truly rad climb. Kaukulator an 80 foot single pitch 5 11c on the west face of the rostrum that had a protective capstone roof.

Park at the pullout along the stone wall or just past it at a dirt pullout. We marched to the rostrum. Pitch after pitch of clean steep and outstanding crack climbing. 5 9 lie back and jam your way past a piton and exit to the belay station via a 5 8 squeeze chimney.

The rostrum is probably the most enjoyable multi pitch 5 11 in yosemite valley. It is visable directly across from the reed s pinnacle area and is distinguishable by it s blocky summit. Courtesy chris van leuven during much of the year yosemite valley s granite is slick due to glacier polish and how the. Although the rostrum lured the valley pioneers it certainly wasn t the preposterously steep north face that attracted them.

Rather the wonderfully named formation was marginally detached from the main cliff and therefore afforded that wonderful goal impossible to find in yosemite now. Every pitch is high quality and would be sought after individual classics were they at any crag but stacked on top of each other they create a superb and memorable challenge. Then the rain started. I thought the entire route was at last 12 d given my variation.

A summit trodden only by ravens and chipmunks. I pored through the guidebook wanting this trip to be more than just a soggy day hike.