The Immortal

The Immortal is the best arete in a zone full of aretes. If you stay true to the line (

i.e.

don't bail out right), there's a hard move pretty high on this one, so be ready to stare down infinity.

Begin with a cruxy move right off the deck, establishing both feet above the low roof, and making a static move with your left hand up to a sidepull. A jumpstart to this hold greatly decreases the grade, and a sitstart would be a proud addition to this problem.

Higher up, the arete blanks out a bit, and some compression footwork sets up a committing deadpoint up to a pocket for the left. Trust yourself. Do it!

It ascends the arete to the right of the

Book of Sand

.

More than one pad is recommended.