We named Voodoo Child after the Jimi Hendrix song. I suppose one could call that formation Hendrix Tower. The name Watchtower has already been used elsewhere. Since the ridge was Shuteye Ridge, we named the route Big Sleep as part of the sleep theme and with the Bogart movie in mind. We didn't name the formation, but people now seem to call the whole formation The Big Sleep.
We named Power Dome after the power project connecting Wishon and Courtright Reservoirs. On Power Dome, we put up Helm's Deep, which is run out in most places, except the most difficult move, a 5.10c mantle, at the bottom and next to a couple of thread throughs on the easy last pitch. In the guidebook's second pitch (our third pitch), there is some 5.9 low on the pitch, which is rated 5.8X because of a 5.8 move way, way out. I have heard there is a variation more straight up where the most runout part is 5.6 and there may be a tri-cam placement. Alternative Energy is run out. Millions of Dead Batteries has two protection bolts per pitch on the first three pitches. I think those first three pitches each have some 5.9 on them and were long, but John Stoddard and I were both feeling really solid that day. I can't remember what happens above there, but it must get easier.
Stephen
