Climb a smooth slab with a thin, curving dike to a horizontal crack, place some gear, and then move left up the face past a bolt to another horizontal crack (more gear). Mantle the horizontal which becomes a small ledge, clip a bolt and then laugh as you realize how far away those finishing holds really are. The height-dependant crux is well-protected (you're basically toproped), but if under 6'0" tall requires a leap of faith to grab the top. Gear belay and simul-rap off - as no fixed anchors exist atop this formation.

A novelty climb to be sure, but it does offer some enjoyable climbing in a less visited portion of the greater Real Hidden Valley Area.

Bats with Aids (aka Woof Woof)

Zombie Woof

Poodle Woof

This is the obvious thin roof crack up the middle of the formation.  The main business is a very thin finger crack and hard moves to a lip encounter.  The crack opens to hands after pulling the lip.  For a few very hard moves under a roof, this one is hard to beat.

A good route if you like 'blue collar' climbing, and a nearly mean-spirited sandbag at it's formerly given grade of 5.10b. In the spirit of fairly warning people of sandbags by changing the upgrading to 5.10d (we all know 10d is harder than 11a, right?), the newer book has reduced the odds of a suprise on this route.

Climb up an unprotected slab (easy) into an unprotected right-facing corner (moderate, but watch for loose rock) and up under the roof.  Get a few placements of protection under the roof and start negotiating outward and upward. Solve a scrunch problem, place another cam, then get horozontal on some wide-hands jams and out to the lip of the roof to a great chock-stone grip and 'rest' on steep ground where protection comes easy again.  Fight the pump and continue up to the topout on good holds but steep terrain to reach the top out.

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