Golden Years

The core of this climb is 60’ of parallel #2 camalot crack in impeccable rock. 40’ of approach climbing before the business and 30’ of chimney to exit. The difficulty will depend on hand size; Golden Years is slightly easier than the Incredible Hand Crack at Indian Creek. Golden Years does not flare wider than #2 camalot and only overhangs ever so slightly for ever so little distance. If it were as accessible as Gold Mind, it would get 4 stars.

Up and right, following a crack/flake that takes green/red camalots, up the wide crack (#4 +/-) to the glaringly obvious hand crack. From the ledge at the top of the hand-crack, scoot up the chimney—gear in the chockstones.

At a divot where a wide crack comes down below Much Too Fist.

fingers=>#4 camalot; 5 or 6 gold camalots could be used; ymmv; the slightly larger light-blue (#7) metolius is too big until the exit move. An anchor can be contrived from a range of gear sizes.