Missionary’s Crack, 5.10a

4th Pitch- 45m- 5.8/ The real climbing begins. The rest of the route could be sandbagged for climbers not leading a lot of 5.10 trad. The guide book sort of makes mention of this and it is true. Climb the right face and then diagonal out left to right below the roof made by a large block. Make some dramatic moves (strenuous stemming) to overcome the roof and continue via good climbing up to the base of a long corner/crack. You can build a station here with a #1 and #2 or sling the chock stone and give the next leader the opportunity to have all the gear to combine the 5th and 6th pitches. Missionary’s Crack, 5.10a, 7 Pitches, Yamnuska, Canadian Rockies, August, 2008