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One of THE classic routes in Yosemite, winding up the sponymous dike feature all the way to the top of Half Dome. The route was established ground-up and very sparsely bolted, with some full rope-length pitches having no gear at all. In 2026 the route was subject to much controversy when 16 bolts were added to the first three pitches by Erik Sloan, significantly changing the character of the route. These were later chopped, putting the route back to something like it's pre-existing state. [3]

References

[1] https://www.yosemiteclimbing.org/campaigns/view-campaign/4WGnZYF4LpZvzz9jeYx5C_sNQ_V_LDbYMNOP77mCQJKdVfco0YOSu5j2FO7rF3MLUXGbpSAJPQyV1tGL5xBaSl128_AeUa3p

[2] https://www.climbing.com/community/john-long-responds-to-new-bolts-on-snake-dike/

[3] https://www.climbing.com/news/the-controversial-snake-dike-bolts-have-been-chopped/

[4] https://www.mountainproject.com/forum/topic/203127636/half-domes-snake-dike-is-being-retrobolted-get-involved

Has been soloed as a very highball 8A.

So-called because Neil Dyer broke his back when he fell off trying to make the first ascent.

The first 9A in Britain. Sitting on the slopes of Helvellyn, the name is a reference to a poem by the Lakeland poet William Wordsworth:

There are in our existence spots of time,
That with distinct pre-eminence retain
A renovating virtue, whence, depressed,
By false opinion and contentious thought,
Or aught of heavier or more deadly weight,
In trivial occupations, and the round
Of ordinary intercourse, our minds
Are nourished and invisibly repaired;
A virtue, by which pleasure is enhanced,
That penetrates, enables us to mount
When high, more high, and lifts us up when fallen [3]

References

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHE6FsicWVk

[2] https://www.flickr.com/photos/beastmaker/53188941620/in/photostream/

[3] https://users.scc.spokane.edu/JRoth/Courses/World Masterpieces/POETRYCOMPENDIUM/spots_of_time.htm

An old Beat Kammelander project that was eventually climbed by Jacopo Larcher.