Flags of Our Fathers

Pitch1: Walk right from

Where's Ray

along a ledge to a yellow/orange lichen corner. Place a green Alien, and traverse right and up on easy rock to the first bolt. Place a blue Alien before the 2nd bolt and clip three more bolts as the rock gets steeper. Crux at last bolt. Fun climbing on small positive edges.

Pitch2: (12/15/2006) Face climb up past 2 bolts and follow easy climbing to a 3rd bolt (crux). Small wire may be placed and climb up and left to 4th bolt and anchors above. May be climbed as 1 pitch.

Pitch3: (3/14/2007) When doing the 3rd pitch, you should belay at the top of the first pitch of the Bihedral Arete. Climb just right of the belay (red Alien and small wire to protect a hard start), then follow 6 bolts to the new anchor slightly higher (and more comfortable) than the anchor for the Bihedral Arete. Crux is at the last 2 bolts.

My father lasted 19 days on Iwo Jima before being injured.

20 feet right of

Where's Ray

.

Pitch 1: Four bolts to a 2-bolt anchor plus green and blue Alien.

Pitch 2: Four bolts to a 2-bolt anchor plus small wires after 3rd bolt.

Pitch 3: Red Alien plus small wire at the start, then 6 bolts to a 2-bolt anchor.

60 meter rope easily gets you to the ground from the second anchor.