Kat and I returned to the Forgotten Sister yesterday to climb Initiation Fees and Uber the Goober. We climbed Chute the Moon on Monday. Chute the Moon can be approached from below via a huge, ant-covered log (I've never seen so many ants!) and then a tenuous scramble on loose, mossy rock above poison oak.
We opted to rap into the route and climb back out. There is a ton of PO about 3 feet back from the base but there is also a tree that catches the rope when it is dropped from the anchor. We carefully reeled in the rope after it was dropped from the anchor. You need a third partner (thanks Brad!) or a chimp (Hi NOAL!) to do it this way. The climb has decent stances for placing gear, some exposure when moving past the terminus of the crack, good rock and nice length.
Initiation Fees is in your face at the start (past the fixed pin) and then goes through some of the longest runouts I've ever done.
The last bolt is hard to see from below. I kept looking along the cleanest, nicest-looking chute and finally saw the whiteish hanger on the left wall above me when I was almost in a position to clip it. Expect to be fighting rope drag toward the exit, even if you use long runners on everything but the fixed pin and the last bolt. The exit is cool and most of the rock is very good.
Uber the Goober is worth doing while you are there but not nearly as good as Initiation Fees and also very runout.
Here is a picture looking down 130 feet to Kat at the start of Uber the Goober. The rope is hung on a knob well above the 3rd bolt, even though I noticed it on the way up and flipped it. What a drag
