The Watchman, Cradle to Grave. In May Dave Jones and I climbed a ...

The Watchman, Cradle to Grave. In May Dave Jones and I clim bed a new 10-pitch route on the northw est face o f T he W atchm an. O u r route, C radle to Grave (V 5.1la C2), starts ab o u t 150' left o f Hue & Cry. We started in a dark, som ew hat h id d en , left-facing corner. C him neys and offwidths on great rock led to a squeeze section so tight that I had to remove my gear, including my harness, to get th ro u g h . H igher, Dave led a sh o rt section o f aid to the base o f a beautiful crack w ith face holds. We followed this crack to the sum m it and a great top -o u t. Decent to the southw est took about an h o u r and a h alf and included three rappels. B r ia n S m o o t