Whitney Portal, Corpus Christi Buttress. Between Whitney Portal and El Segundo Buttresses, and slightly above these formations are several large walls and buttresses. On Easter, Gary Slate, Fred Beckey and I climbed what we believe to be the first route in this area. The climb ascends a brushy buttress which rises up and left out of a recess. It cannot be seen from the end of the road, but is visible from the switchback below El Segundo Buttress. The first two pitches climb cracks on the right side of a pillar. Above, the crux pitch has two protection bolts, and two easier pitches lead to an indistinct summit. (III, 5.9.)

Alan Bartlett