The Pic of Three Pines from the film festival site got me thinking.



What other cool, harder variations are there on the fairly easy routes?
I know I have done some 5.9 moves just off route on some 5.3 climbs, but Im not talking about routefinding mistakes. I'm looking for noteworthy pitches or variations.

Just did Maria Direct the other day, makes for a complete *** classic

Disney Point (5.10a) variation to Disneyland. Way cool.

Slightly Roddy is a bit harder than Roddy.

I know Minty has a 5.5 or 5.6 variation to it's middle pitch. It goes right into a right facing corner. Also the last section of Frog's Head can stay right and go out a little steep face at 5.6. Lots of others. Yes Disney Point is a great variation to the 5.6. Makes it about 10a or so.

RR

There are 2 better variations to the ending of Yum Yum Yab Yum:
1. half way across the traverse pull the roof on jugs then up a small face. (might need cleaned of lichen) 5.6
2. instead of the traverse, continue up the big inside corner further until you can traverse left out a hanging face then up. 5.5

After three pitches of Southern Pillar, 5.2 one star, instead of escaping out right, try the
arching corner left (if not wet), past the large overhang. 5.7 fourth pitch (to avoid bad
communications and rope management trouble).

Do the Hawkeye notch in the top of the Three Doves route. Instead of stepping right and around the roof at the top of the 2nd pitch, go left and through the wild notch. I came in from the left side(Red Pillar?) which sucks due to heinous rope drag.

I'd call it 10a without heinous rope drag but what the hell do I know...

Bomber #3 and #2 Camalot placement under the roof before you launch with a clean fall so give it a go.....

-Fear