Pitch 9 (Easy Street Slabs, 5.7, 15 bolts, 150 ft) Climb up the right-hand slab past lotsa bolts, then switch to the center slab, and then to the left-side-the route follows the more solid rock and tries to avoid the dirt. Duck past the shrubbery to find the Pitch 8 bolted anchors. Traverse downwards past 3 bolts on the hidden ledge and a tricky(?) downstep off the No Hands Traverse ledge onto a larger ledge with some boulders and annoying shrubbery. Pitch 8 (The No Hands Traverse, 5.6, 4 bolts, 60 ft) Downclimb an easy slab past a single bolt, then take a leap of faith by stepping down onto a hidden ledge on the south side of the buttress. Anchor at a narrow gully near the False Summit. The climbing makes a left turn near the last few bolts with another thin section to gain a sharp ridge. Pitch 7 (The False Summit, 5.10, 11 bolts, 90 ft) A thin move up onto the slab above the Escalator Belay leads to interesting slab climbing on small features. Follow the ramp up, clipping bolts on the steeper slab above the ramp, to gain a large belay ledge. Climb either over the top of a pointy boulder past a single bolt, or go around on the right, to reach an easy ramp/slab. Pitch 6 (The Escalator, 5.5, 5 bolts, 50 ft) After the last 5 pitches, Pitch 6 feels like riding up an escalator. The Pitch 5 anchor makes up for the poor Pitch 4 belay ledge, by offering a nice sit-down belay if you like-but why sit down when you can lay down and put your feet up! Continue past the old Potato Chip Flake anchors to a new anchor at the very top of the lower Buttress. Joins with an older line (Potato Chip Flake) near the top of the pitch. Pitch 5 (3rd Wavy Slab, 5.9, 15 bolts, 120 ft) Slab climb essentially straight up the fall line, up the left side of a short steep section, and past more of the cool wavy features. Pitch 4 (2nd Wavy Slab, 5.9, 10 bolts, ~70 ft) Slab climb essentially straight up the fall line, past cool features, to a belay anchor at a not so great ledge. Pitch 3 (1st Wavy Slab, 5.9, 9 bolts, ~70 ft) Slab climb essentially straight up the fall line, past cool features, to a belay anchor at a nice ledge just above the obvious diagonal seam. Note that because of the traverse, a rappel from the Pitch 2 anchor goes to the ground (and requires two ropes) NOT to the Pitch 1 anchor. From there the climbing backs off to 5.9 or easy 5.10 slab climbing across the rest of the skinny sidewalk and up a short slab to the belay ledge. Very thin friction (or possibly a huge dyno) or aid by pulling on a sling which is tied between two bolts to cross the thin section.
#Hard west graveyard shift free
If you're attempting to free the route, this is the crux section. As the sidewalk turns the corner there's a missing section.
Pitch 2 (Skinny Sidewalk Traverse, 5.11 or 5.10 A0, 12 bolts, ~70 ft) Thin slab climbing or aid by using slings and stepping on the bolts to reach the skinny sidewalk. Pitch 1 (5.9, 9 bolts, ~70 ft) Mostly moderate slab climbing angling left to reach highly featured rock. The vast majority of the climbing is moderate (5.9 or easier).
Graveyard Shift difficulty can be either ~5.11 if done free, or ~5.10 A0 using aid on a few of the bolts in more difficult sections.
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