Resolution Arete, V, 5.11d

3rd-4th Pitches- 230’- 5.9+/ A 70m rope allows you to combine these two pitches. Some commonly used beta out there specifies that you can combine these two with a 60m rope, but that information is clearly wrong unless you are going to simul-climb and the leader and follower would be at hard moves for the respective grades while doing so. Face climb off of the ledge a few feet before getting back to the dihedral and placing gear. Make some hard 5.9 moves to easier ground above which leads into a chimney. Stem the chimney using face moves at about 5.8 until you reach another large ledge above. Resolution Arete, V, 5.11d, Mount Wilson, Red Rocks, NV, April, 2009