In honor of the Blue Mass area Joe called it Cyan Time again. We descended by climbing up to a gully and heading north and down a sandy slope to the car. It was my turn again. As we walked back toward the car along the base of Roadside Dome I encountered a concave face with a water trough right in the center. I remembered how much fun I had had climbing the water cracks on Lembert Dome in Tuolumne meadows and knew I would have to try the route even though protection looked nonexistent.
Cyanide runs straight up the water groove to the tree at the summit.
The start of Cyanide. I started by mantling into the wide groove I got a small tri-cam into a tenuous slot then moved by stemming. The groove narrowed. Finally I arrived at the steepest part of the groove. To the left there was a crack just out of reach that promised good pro.