The Graduate, 5.10

One of the better single crack pitches for the grade at RR and definitely the best climb at Willow Springs. I would prefer 3 C4#3's next time...where the crack overhangs the hands get large=fist. Just a short straight in section for me, no layback as others have noted. A C4 #2 or #3 protects the exposed traverse left below the roof. Huge jugs await, exposed, but easy last moves. Stout for RR 5.10a. Graduate Cliff above Ragged Edges Area, Willow Springs, Red Rock NCA, March, 2013