La Vida

Start: The prominent feature of the Cobblestones Gendarme is the huge overhang and chamber beneath it. The left end of the huge overhang drops a plumb-line to Fountain Ledge where La Vida starts up the clean arête.

1. 12m '18': Use small vertical cracks slightly left of the arête to get established, then move onto the arête and head straight up to a ledge.
   Scramble 10m to the right to a big clean ledge with two knee-high blocks on it. At this point you are looking up at a clean white wall just below and right of the chamber.
2. 17m '21': Step off the larger block onto the wall and make cruxy layaways to get to the horizontal crack that leads to the chamber.
   This is the "dassie ledge" used by Cobblestones.
   Head up and left on the steep headwall to reach a large ledge with a recess.
3. 10m '19': From the back of the recess move up and left to get through the overhang using the first notch.
   (French Connection continues left to use the second notch. Holy Mackerel heads up the large crack in the back of the recess.)
   Once established on the face above head up directly to the next ledge to belay here.
   The section above leads to the top of a free-standing pillar which is avoided. Walk left around the corner and into the gap behind the pillar to belay on the big chockstone.
4. 8m '18': Head up the clean arête on the left to a platform that is the top of the second free-standing pillar.
5. 30m '20': Step across onto the face to gain the block on the left.
   Head up and left on the steep white wall using the thin expanding flakes.
   Move left to gain the steep grey face.
   Head slightly right and up to the top of the wall.

Scramble to the top or traverse 100m left to the Magnetic Wall abseil station.

Thanks to Hilton for sharing his hard work documenting his climbs. Visit his page: https://www.hiltondavies.com