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Description
Henchman is a short steep offwidth with two cruxes in its 40 feet of hard climbing.
Pitch 1 (5.10+, 40 feet): Grunt up the flared fists 20 feet to a stance, face climb past a freaky detached flake to another stance and then leavittate through the steep fives finish.
The neat thing about this route is that, after you set your belay on the ledge, you can actually shimmy down the back of the chimney (where it's widest) and retrieve your cam(s) from the final section! Thus saving the rope from getting pinched in the cam lobes.
Pitch 2 (5.8, 40 feet): Darn, the "splitter" above the midway ledge is nothing more than a knifeblade seam. Step right and finish on the chimney as for Jester. Rappel 80 feet from the two-bolt chain anchor.
Location
Obvious offwidth crack on the “leaning pillar”, 15 feet left of Jester. Traverse in from the right on a little ledge 10 feet below the start of Jester.
Protection
2x 2, 3 1x 4, 5, 6 + a couple 1-2" cams for the ledge belay halfway [BD c4 sizes]
Single 60m rope