Cornucopia, 5.10a

5th Pitch- 150’- 5.10a/ This pitch takes Cornucopia down a star or two. What had been a pleasant climb turned chossy in a hurry. Take on the short steep bushy wall in front of you. The sandstone is horrible, protect it the best you can, but anything you place and leave here will cost you huge in rope drag on a single rope. Then move along easy ground to the base of the chimney. At first it is pleasant enough chimney technique, then it narrows to off width forcing you to relay on some rotten holds. Place your large gear as strategically as possible to avoid a deck fall on the many ledges. I knocked off a varnished foot hold on the left outside face. Once you reach a large ledge with an old dead tree out right, set up a belay in the crack above. Cornucopia, 5.10a, 5 Pitches, Monument, Red Red Red Rocks, NV, January, 2010