Myself When I Am Real

Myself When I Am Real can be seen on the northern face of Charles Mingus, where the ledge comes down, the right side. Follow this right edge up to the ledge.Work feet and mantle onto the ledge. Top-out immediately or traverse left and choose your top-out - this is jazz man, improvise.Becoming known as "The Scariest V1 in the Refuge"Namesake: youtube.com/watch?v=nCK6Feq…

Standing Start on the vertical right edge below the obvious ledge. Mind the sharp boulder behind you. This is slightly overhung enough to feel it.Park at LMS and head down to the crag. Follow the wall to the south for 270 yds and pass a talus slope with vines. Continue and notice the rock size increasing and features showing up. Follow the animal trails to a cave overhang and a ramp that leads to Thelonious Monk in 5’ and then 10’ south of that rock you will see The Jazz Workshop founder, Charles Mingus.A more direct approach is to park at LMS and walk downhill to where the next guardrail starts. Count 7 posts and jump the rail. There should be a drainage culvert there. Scramble downhill and you should end up in the viney talus slope or just south of it. Continue south a few minutes and you will find The Jazz Workshop.On either approach if you look east to the lake you will see a cove with a sandbar extending from its northern shore. If that northern shore is south of you, you are north of Mingus. If it is north of you you are south of Mingus. If it is directly even with you and mount scott you’re right there.

Being a pad or two and a spotter.