Grand Giraffe Slot Variation

My partner and I found this variation on accident; I had done

Grand Giraffe

previously and told him to link the first pitch of

Ruper

into "that crack up there" not remembering that there is an upper 5.9 crack above this slot which is actually the true

GG

route. Anyway, he led this and felt that it was a tad harder than the reported 5.9 grade. I followed and concurred.

Nevertheless, take the first pitch of

Ruper

up onto the top of the pedestal, not trending right towards

Rover

, and proceed directly into the thin crack above. A few balance moves, a few burl dog moves, a few not-so-good pieces of pro and voilà, you'll be at a nice ledge to belay.

This links directly from 1st pitch of

Ruper

.

Single rack.