The Venturi Effect
5.11+ to 5.12- 5 pitches
bolts

 

Sustained 5-pitch line to top of good rock on wall. 1st–5.10+, 11 bolts, 90’ to chains above wide ledge (1st pitch FA: Jake and Kim Mergenthaler, RG, 7/00). 2nd– 5.11, 11 bolts to chains; 3rd–5.10+, 10-11 bolts to chains 85’ (2nd-3rd pitches FA: RG, Rob Hagler, 8/02); 4th–5.11+, Extra long pitch, more than 100’ to hanging belay at chains above roof; 5th–5.11+/.12- with a harder direct finish up middle of the last prow or go right around prow on 5.10 ground to finish of pitch, bolts to chains 60’

First Ascent
1st pitch: Jake and Kim Mergenthaler, RG, 7/00
2nd, 3rd pitch: RG, Rob Hagler, 8/02
4th, 5th pitches: RH, LE, 8/02; FFCA RH, LE, 8/02