End of the Line

Climb up flakes onto a small stance, then move up and slightly right to reach the knobs and attendant protection. Follow the knobs on increasingly tenuous moves, first straight up, then shifting left to reach the anchor.

This route lies on the short face right of the top of Stairway to Heaven's P1. It can be approached by either climbing that pitch or by walking farther along the East Path, then cutting up and left to the base. Look for the vertical line of knobs with bolts beside them. There is a fixed tree anchor at the top; this can be reached by scrambling farther up the gully to the right, then carefully traversing to it. Belay or rappel to the anchor is the only safe means to reach it: the tree is right on the edge of the 40' cliff, which lies over another 30', broken cliff; i.e. not a good place to fall.

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