This challenging and sustained route ascends the right side of the steep face that makes up the left half of the Carhartt Wall.  

  Begin by gently climbing broken, blocky ledges up to the high first bolt. While the climbing is easy here the rock quality is very poor. Continue up the face into the triangular alcove roof. There is a somewhat hidden bolt inside the alcove. Make a few hard moves up and over the roof and then right to a good hold on the arete. From here follow the natural line along the arete past a horn, then entirely back onto the steep face. Pumpy face climbing leads up onto a sloping ledge, then up and over another short face to the anchors.

Vagtastic Voyage

The Fancy Cat

Three Degrees Of Separation

The Cenotaph

Three Stooges

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Glad to see Shelving on the Mountain Project. I sent this line a few years ago when living in New Paltz after talking to Haas, who confirmed that it was an open project. This line is fantastic! I would say 12a or 12b.

This route is classic in my opinion.  Sustained and varied climbing with exposure and solid rock.  I'm not sure if the climb's name refers to this, but there are certainly three distinct portions of this route.  Part one - climb a steep face on nice holds clipping a few bolts as you go.  A cruxy mantle move gains a sloping ledge below a crack in a left facing corner.  Part two - climb the short, but steep corner (gear here) to a hands free stance on the right edge of the face.  Enjoy the views of Lake George and get ready for some exposure.  Part three - move up to the right side an outside corner (arete). Reach around left and clip a bolt.  Make another move or two up and then make an exciting and exposed move around to the left with 100 feet of air below.  Clip one more bolt and pull through to the top on jugs.  The bolt anchor is now equipped for rapping.

Climbs a face and the slightly overhanging tombstone feature on the right side of Carhartt Wall.   

  Begin on some easier crimpy face climbing. Making some thin moves around the third bolt.  There is a nice rest to the right before committing to the tombstone itself.  Work left a bit and find a way up the 6 foot wide buttress.  I opted for some iron cross (fitting style i guess) moves to a decent rest jug on the left. Then clipped the last bolt and desperately gunned it right and then up to the anchors.  I found this climb to be pumpy.  Multiple sources, including ADK Rock and the guy who followed me say its easier to stay left through the 20' crux section.  Either way a fun line worth doing.

Three Stooges shares the beginning of Three Degrees of Separation, then breaks left at the sloping ledge on an independent line. 

  Start as for Three Degrees of Separation. Climb the bolted face to the sloping ledge, then move left into the large slabby right facing corner. Continue up the corner until below a smaller and higher right facing corner. Move right and up on the face and into the higher corner, then follow this to the top.

An exciting Adirondack adventure rock climb!  

  While this route is interesting, engaging, and fun, it is also a crumbling choss pile in spots that would not be a great lead for the timid. Test every hold, place gear where you can, and make sure your belayer is wearing a helmet (and maybe using a grigri too). I pulled down pounds of obvious loose rock, but there is more stuff that will come down. Eventually we'll be left with just a great clean rock climb. 

  Start up the left side of the free standing pillar. Go straight up from there through a 5.7R section of orange rock (protects with an RP), past a left facing corner and onto a ledge. Crank up the obvious widening (and pretty wonderful) crack above.

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