The Road Goes Ever On

I have been attempting the second pitch of this route as a link up with

Telegraph Road

and didn't realize it had a first pitch that is basically a variation of

Life After James

. I have taken Bernard Gillett's description from a previous comment on MP (if this is inappropriate use of his comment, please inform me, and I will change the description).

"Excellent climbing, a little squeezed (between

Telegraph Road

and

Winter Dreams

), but worth the bolts in my opinion. The first pitch (5.10b) begins with

Life After James

(clip its first 7 bolts, staying to the right) and then follows the thin cracks (gear) just left of the upper half of pitch 1 on

Telegraph Road

to its belay. The second pitch goes straight up (7 bolts, reachy opening moves that can be avoided on the right, with 5.11 crux at bolt 4, harder than the crux on pitch 2 of

Telegraph Road

-- I rated it 5.11b)."

Do the same start as for

Life After James

.

Thin gear and quickdraws.