Birthday Party, 5.10a

Psychedelic version! There is quite a bit of misinformation out there about the commonly used rap descent in this area. Bottom line is that the traditional Community Pillar rap descent can be done with a 70m rope. Scramble west and down to a tree rap amongst loose scree. Take a short rap there. Then bushwhack and scramble down to the west to the saddle. Turn right and hike north down the gully to another tree rap. Take a very short rap down to a ledge just below with a nut and boulder rap station. Take a full 70m free air rap down to the large ledge below. Then another short tree rap down to yet another large bushy ledge. Grab an end of the rope and scramble down the steep gully to climbers left to yet one more tree rap. A full 70m rope gets you down to the base of the chimney on climbers left. Once you pull the rope here, you have it set up to climb Small Purchase if you so desire. It is a neat corner, solid 5.10 trad lead, to chains that can be top roped. Birthday Party, 5.10a, 6 Pitches, Magic Mountain, Red Rocks, NV, May, 2010