Summit Fever Direct Start

A 40' variation start to Summit Fever. This climb starts as for Skywalker, diverging after a few insecure body-lengths of climbing.

Start up these a crack that turns into a set of tiny seams, trying to find both protection and holds. Place gear when you can, as it will not be there later when you will otherwise want it.

Consinute up the seams on inobvious and insecure climbing, placing very small gear (nuts & cams) to make a move up and left, then back right under a bulge (cams here, still tricky) and then over the bulge on better rock and better gear. Join the route Summit Fever after about 40'-50' of independant climbing ad finish on what is probably 5.8 or so, with predominantly hands to wide-hands sized gear. There are 2 anchor options (either side) at the ledge at 100' up from which one can rap, or even TR.

Just left of the main arete that is crossed by Summit Fever, there is a set of thin seams, as per the start of Skywalker.

some thin gear of various sorts to hand sizes. I think that the placements are small, tricky, and just enough to be safe, provided you don't fall form an insecure stance while placing them. Not a good lead to max out on.