High Anxiety, 5.10c

5th Pitch- 150’- 5.8/ Kind of a weird burly pitch for the grade. Climb the corner above for a short distance, then traverse left to a tree-bush. I chose to avoid protection on the traverse as I did not want the rope drag, but if you fall, it would be an ankle buster on the belay ledge. Curious why this route did not continue to follow the corner as it did not look any more difficult than 5.10c. Make the hairy traverse (which you can protect with a 4" right before the bush) left onto the bush, fight the bush on through to a short chimney slot. Chimney up this section to an off width corner with plenty of foot rests. Climb this fun corner up to just below a huge roof with a bunch of bushes and trees. Look out right for a chained rap station and make a hanging belay here if you want to descend the route at this point versus bushwhacking to the top. High Anxiety, 5.10c, 6 Pitches, Brownstone Wall South, Juniper Canyon, Red Rocks, NV, April, 2009