Here's a close-up of the whole route, starting in the left streak:
And here's the route description:
Starr Struck
Starr Struck 5.8 *** This route climbs a prominent water streak on Mount Starr King’s southwest side (it’s actually two streaks in its lowest 250 feet). The streak is visible from as much as half a mile away, it ends at the bottom of the peak’s standard descent.
Gear: Quickdraws, slings and six to eight pieces from one-quarter to two inches. One three inch cam could be used at one belay, but is optional (see Pitch 5, below).
Pitch 1 (110 feet, 5.7) Start on top of a six-foot high flake at the base of the left part of the streak. Committing moves lead to a thin but solid left-facing flake (gear). Continue up and a little right onto a headwall and the route’s first bolt. Move up and left, passing a small hole (more gear). Two more bolts protect easier climbing to a two-bolt anchor at a stance.
Pitch 2 (105 feet, 5.8 ) Continue up the left streak past five bolts to a two bolt anchor and a hanging belay. The fifth bolt protects 5.8 moves over a headwall (the route’s first crux).
Pitch 3 (110 feet, 5.5) Continue climbing on remarkable holes and scoops past four bolts and then, very near the end of the pitch, gear. Two bolts provide a belay at a nice stance.
Pitch 4 (110 feet, 5.8 ) The streak continues easy as it narrows. One bolt 30 feet up protects moves to lower-angle climbing. Pass a second bolt. Reach a third bolt which protects moves into a steeper, thin part of the streak, and the route’s second crux. One more bolt protects lower-angle climbing to a two-bolt anchor. Note that retreating from the top of this pitch is easy with a single 70 meter rope, but that no easy, single-rope retreat is possible higher.
Pitch 5 (215 feet, 5.2) Move up and right from the belay 20 feet to a thin water streak and very featured rock. Continue straight up, past bolts at 45 and 110 feet. Reach the right side of a huge ledge 200 feet from the start (this ledge is 50 feet from right to left, inclined up to the left and slopes noticeably inward). Move to the left end of the ledge, where a one-bolt anchor can be supplemented with gear (the best piece would be a three-inch cam, but this is the only place on the route where that gear would be used; smaller cams work adequately here).
Pitch 6 (225 feet, 5.4) Move up and a little right toward a fairly faint, black streak (not the same as the thin, very prominent, grey-colored streak 10 to 15 feet to its left). Very easy climbing leads to a bolt 90 feet from the start. The bolt protects a slight bulge. Continue higher, now left of another, faint, black streak. Two more protection bolts are found at 125 and 185 feet. Finish at a small ledge and a two-bolt anchor directly below the left end of an obvious, white roof.
Pitch 7 (230 feet, 5.0) Climb straight up from the anchor. Pass one bolt 70 feet up. Belay from gear in the left-most of several left-facing corner/flakes (find it 60 feet up and right of, and across a slab from, the obvious, large pine).
Pitch 8 (120 feet, Class Four) Continue straight up across overlapping flakes (gear). Aim for a point 110 feet above the belay where it is easy to move up and right, over one last overlap, onto easy ground. Four hundred feet of class two and three lead from the end of this pitch to Mount Starr King’s summit.
