Elephants' Perch, West Face. In July my brother Greg and I climbed ...

Elephants’ Perch, West Face. In July my brother G reg and I climbed the first lead of Beckey’s original route. Then, rather than traverse left to continue that route, we headed straight up, basically free, until after seven pitches we diagonaled left tow ard the Beckey line, which we followed es­ sentially to the top. We avoided a short bolt ladder on that route by climb­ ing a chimney a few yards to the right. NCCS IV, F8, A2, 11 pitches, 8 hours. Jeff Low e