Be Here Now

Steve had barely turned 21 when he led Be Here Now in 1979, one of the first of his many ground-up on-sight R and X rated leads scattered throughout Arizona.  Even by then, Steve was renown for his ability to find gear, armed with somewhat newly introduced RPs (the first micro nuts) and solid-stem Friends, and an amazing ability to remain perfectly calm while searching for holds and executing difficult moves far from pro.  This route, thankfully, remains essentially as Steve found it, for those that may be on a similar path — or for those of us who are satisfied with a top rope!Be Here Now starts up an easy slab to an obvious crack that takes a few good cams until it peters out, then links discontinuous cracks through a juggy headwall to the top.  The R rated part is hard moves maybe 15 feet up and right from a nest of micro nuts, although other gear may be found in the vicinity (double ropes may be useful).  The rest is reasonably well protected, if you find the right line!  There are no anchors on top, but a large boulder set quite a ways back can be looped with the rope to arrange a belay. 

When approaching the South Face of Wind Wall on the trail from the pullout, the first line of bolts (on the far left end of the crag) is the sport route St. Stephen.  Be Here Now is the obvious discontinuous cracks just to the right.

Microgear to a .75 (green) Camalot. Two sets of micronuts may be useful.