Hail Mary

Don't let the dirty and unprotected start dissuade you, Hail Mary is an excellent and well-protected climb that, along with Colorsplash, totally justifies the extra effort of bringing a rack down to the Upper Gorge.Begin by climbing up some loose and unprotected terrain (borderline PG13 but easy and reasonably secure) to a jug at 15' from which you can place a finger-sized cam overhead. From here the rock and protection dramatically improve. Typical Upper Gorge trickery is required to read the sequences, only this time you're executing above gear rather than bolts. Super fun and high-quality.

A little difficult to describe, it is the first route right of the bolted lines of Mother Superior and The Sign of the Priest, and just left of the short pillar of Land of the Lost and Voodoo Child. The start is marked by an overhead, down-pointing and exfoliating flake with some plant matter wedged behind it.

1x 0.1 Camalot or equivalent 2x 0.2 Camalots or equivalent 4x 0.3 Camalots (I recommend several different styles/brands of cams in this approximate size) 4x 0.4 Camalots (I recommend several different styles/brands of cams in this approximate size) 1x 0.5, 0.75, #1 Camalots No stoppers needed