Will and I had planned to climb Pervertical Sanctuary on The Diamond, but when we got to Broadway, a party (who we had not seen, they had been hanging out on the ledge when we started up the North Chimney) was just beginning to start up. The Casual Route had a couple of parties on it and another in wait. Will and I debated going for D7 or Black Dagger, but it was already mid-morning and although both of us had already climbed these harder routes, as a team today we decided neither one was a choice we felt psyched on.

We debated what to do. It was one of the rare splitter days of Summer 2022 (hence the crowds on the Diamond on a midweek day), so it was not an option to waste it and just hike out. Somehow we came upon the idea of rappelling Babies R Us and toproping each pitch as we rappelled. This route is on Chasm View Wall, featuring five pitches of challenging climbing up to 5.12a, on excellent clean rock. The route is often wet, but had finally dried off. Both of us wanted to climb this route, but the heady runnouts on difficult terrain would probably keep us away. So toproping the pitches sounded like a fun way to salvage the day. Not as pure as leading the route from the ground up, but still a way to experience the route. After toproping this route and eyeing the large spacing between bolts on thought-provoking terrain, I have utmost respect for those who go about this route in the much more respectable fashion of ground up.

The following page gives an overlay and pitch-by-pitch photos for the toprope adventure. Even though we did the route from the top down, I have arranged the pitches from ground up.