Pony Express, Briggs' Variation

While this is a variation because the other

Pony Express

was done first, this is actually the direct line. Do

Pony Express

through the first pitch and into the second pitch. Where the climbing gets hard and

Pony Express

traverses left into the crack and arete, keep going straight up. This is the pure dihedral line straight up and adds some very technical stemming/palming moves.

Think of the first pitch of

Aerial Book

but harder. My guess is that Roger Briggs was doing yoga when he did the FA of this. Stretch before you try this.

You can link

Iron Horse

into this for one stellar 130 foot pitch of 5.11 climbing. Go do it!

Climb straight up

Pony Express

but don't traverse left to the arete. Climb up the wicked, stemming dihedral.

All the regular stuff for

Pony Express

but some much smaller gear for the crux.