This route climbs the edge of the short corner to the right of "Slim Pickins", and face above.

Slimmer Pickins

Nose to the Grindstone

Robocop

Eat Berthas Muscles

Terminator, The

Visual Nightmare

Slim Pickings

Slim Pickings Indirect

The right-hand crack.

A strenuous move starts the crack, which then relents. Up to the horizontal crack and the last of the gear protection.

A new concept begins; a tricky move begins the thin edging past 2 bolts to the crux, and, relenting slightly past one more bolt to the chain anchors.

Rappel off the anchor.

This is the thin crack to the right of Slimmer Pickings. Start up an easy juggy crack to blocks. Once on the block you'll be at the start of the thin crack. Climb the thin crack to the top using locks and edges.

I did not lead this route but it climbs very well and was quite fun! Lead would be Bold, but it does seem to take thin gear. Miramontes gives this route a R rating

You can TR this route from the Slim pickings anchor, make a low 5th class traverse to the top of the thin crack, set a directional and have some fun!

Low 5th class slab moves lead to a chimney. From top of the chimney, there is a technical face that leads to slab with four bolts. Two-bolt anchor. Decent is a short rappel off the back-side and then a wandery but easy walk-off.

This is the face with two bolts just left of Visual Nightmare.

A long stem move (harder for short climbers) gets you up to the first bolt.  From there, a long, runout, exposed traverse takes you right and eventually up to the top.  This can be a scary route for the person seconding.  It gets sun most of the day.

A moderate thin crack at the start leads onto the upper face where two bolts protect somewhat delicate smears to the summit. Gear belay and walk off, or rap from the anchor atop Slim Pickings.

Fun climbing, easy access and a warm location make this a good choice on thiose cooler days.

Slabs on the South side of Cap Rock, behind the second picnic table. The thin face between two cracks (Visual Nightmare and Slim Pickings).

Thin edging leads to the first bolt and relief. More edging to the next bolt proves to be the crux. Traverse right (cam on extended sling) along the horizontal crack. The face above has sightly better holds than below, although interest is maintained to the anchor.

Rappel off the anchor.

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Routes in Cap Rock - South Face