Gods and Monsters

This is the best of the 5.12s on Strone, and it vies with

Le Rap

for the best pitch on the crag. It climbs beautiful rock with superb position. Bolts protect a vertical but cryptic face to a large break and full-body rest, then a gently overhanging headwall to Metolius rap hangers. There is some minor looseness on the vertical face, but the headwall is bullet proof.

To get to the start of the route, scramble past the first three bolts of

Firefly

and up for another 15 feet or so until possible to traverse left to a large ledge with chains. Keep traversing left (past the bottom of the right-facing dihedral on the first pitch of

Mr. Bad Luck

) for another 25 feet to a belay bolt that can be supplemented by a No. 1 or 2 Camalot. (5.6) The route awaits above.

Between

Red Gorilla

to the left and

Firefly/Mr. Bad Luck

to the right. Descent: Lower/rap from fixed biners back to the belay. Then traverse to the chains passed on the approach pitch and rap to the ground.

A dozen draws, and maybe a ½ inch cam for

Firefly

and a hand-size cam to supplement the belay bolt.