Western Swing, 5.10b

5th- 8th Pitches- 500’- 5.8/ This section of Jubilant Song will show up as four to five pitches in other beta although it can easily be done in three pitches. Head up to the huge roof above. Traverse straight out right until at a break in the roof. Set up a semi-hanging belay here. Pull the roof and follow easy ground/chimney until you can move out right to ascend an obvious water streak. There is an old bolt here protecting the only real climbing move since the roof pull. Set up a semi-hanging belay in a decent crack right above this bolt. Follow the water streak above for a cleaner path or take on the loose line to the left. In either case, make for the break in the skyline to the left. Climb a short and easy chimney section and set up belay with a large piece. I typically put the ropes away at this point. Walk up the corner and cross over angled slab. Mantle up to the next level and walk onto the lower shoulder of the summit of Windy Peak. Western Swing, 5.10b, 8 Pitches, South Face, Windy Peak, Red Rocks, NV, December, 2009