An amazing rock climb. An early, thin, cruxy move rewards you with a cool sequence into a no hands rest. What follows is bold, thin, sustained climbing with no rest through three bolts that all have their clipping challenges. Two bolts of slab climbing brings you to the last bolt, and a roof pull guards the chains. Hard for 12c.

Red October

Echo Location

Quieter Days

Audacity

Audiophile

Sonar

Squeeze play

Gold Run

Blackfish

Heidi's Howl

Radar

Click and Clack

Silent Steel

Good Vibration

By Air and By Sea

Artemis

Spider Senses

Disaster Dog

Bat Boy

Listening for Silence

Countermeasures

Batarang

Chaotic Canine

Early steepness through less than stellar rock leads to some varied and much more interesting climbing. The crux arrives quietly, and while perhaps it isn't trad-ish, it is certainly atypical of a Charleston sport climb. As is common here, the upper few bolts provide the opportunity to climb excellent chert rails to the chains.

This is the second route left of the large right facing corner. Two bolts of easy climbing leads to either a thin and awkward or long and powerful crux. Fight the pump for three bolts and then traverse up and right to bolt number seven. Thin chert climbing keeps you honest past one more bolt to the chains. A little soft at 12a.

Another great warmup on the left wall.  Climbs the ramp/flake feature to a balance (or crimp) oriented crux leaving bolt two.  Following that bit of difficulty, it is a fun chert cruise the rest of the way.

The two bolt extension to Audiophile. Continue up under the roof, clip the fixed draw, and execute a  hard boulder problem to pull the roof. Thin, technical chert guards the anchors. 5.12d/5.13a

Climb the beautiful orange (and sometimes speckled) rock under the widest part of the roof. Interesting and varied climbing brings you to a techy pumpy crux. These moves gain you steep jugs over a bulge, and the route ends on the anchor below the roof.

A two bolt boulder problem off the ground leads to pumpy, fairly powerful, and sustained climbing. A delicate redpoint crux approaching and surmounting the final roof/bulge guards good chert rails and glory climbing to the anchor.

To the left of the 11b to the right of the10+  is a routethat depending on how you climb it... could be ether. 

 It is however good and if an effort is made to stay in the center shield it is independent and fun.  

 Another decent warm up 

A burly, beautiful line that ascends the gold wall just right of the big corner in the middle of the wall. It shares a start with Sonar, then moves left into several technical boulder problems with little in the way of rests. A fine addition to the cliff!

Interesting early climbing past a blade feature and one of the only pockets on the wall leads to bolt three. The very thin and bouldery crux soon follows. Cool and beta intensive climbing continues for three more bolts, until you traverse up and left through two more bolts to Sonar's anchor.

Fifty feet of dead vertical chert climbing. Cool holds, good rests, and no real crux makes for a very pleasant climb. A good introduction to the moderate climbs at the crag.

This is a pretty fun route that shares the big corner with Countermeasures and Silent Steel. Head up the corner, follow the roof out right past the chain draw, and instead of finishing up Silent Steel, continue up and right to Sonar’s anchor, passing one more bolt.

Super interesting at the grade! The furthest right route on the wall, a little steepness in a shallow corner takes you to bolt 1. A few more bolts of chert jugs on slab brings you over some blocks (solid to stand on) and into a left facing corner. Cool stemming for a few moves takes you onto the upper slab, and after pulling a slight bulge, a steeper wall with cool chert rails brings you to the anchor. A super pleasant climb!

Climb the obvious right facing corner for four bolts, and then continue straight up and over the capping, blocky overhang. Good holds facing the wrong ways prove to be the crux, but after, the angle eases considerably and the chains await.   There is still a working bolt at the crux that should not be clipped while on the send.

A little shorter than its neighbors to the left, but sequency, technical, and pretty difficult from the onset. Each boulder problem on the route gets a little bit harder, and each rest gets worse as you go. The final crux push features thin and brutally sharp chert crimps in slightly overhanging terrain, which quickly retreats to 5.8 glory climbing. Really sweet.

An opening crux boulder problem makes way for a cool sequence on big, blocky jugs to bolt two. Cool, technical chert pulling leads to a bulge with massive chert jugs, which pulls over to jugs on a slab at the last bolt. Interesting, and not super obvious at the grade.

A short, thin, punchy crux nestled among seventy feet of technical goodness. Early balancy climbing brings you to the crux moves, while cool chert sequences await you after. Good fun.

A cool opening to a high-ish first bolt leads to chill climbing into a left facing corner. Thin, technical stemming on amazing rock leads to a slight bulge and the crux, with great chert rails easing the difficulty to the chains. Excellent.

Stellar technical crimping up the beautiful blue streak in the left face of Sonar Wall. Post crux, more footwork intensive climbing brings you to a right facing corner covered in rails of chert. Pull through the bulge to the last bolt, and the difficulty eases as you approach the chains.

An easy route on the far left side of the Sonar Wall.  Still a bit fragile in spots.

Climb the big, obvious, right facing corner, and bail left around the roof with an inobvious and wild sequence. Finish on the last two bolts of Echo Location.

This is a cool new route between Echo Location and Countermeasures that goes straight up the beautiful face just left of the main corner in the middle of the wall.

 Fun, but tricky sequences are the hallmark of this route. 

 Note- a long draw on the bolt left of the line up high is nice for keep rope drag down. 

The far left line on the wall climbs an interesting slab at the grade on fun chert rails.

A beautiful varied wall that gets shade from mid morning on during the season. Sits on the right side of North Echo at the lowest point of the cliff. Bulletproof rock, incredible chert, smooth blocky roofs, and interesting holds make for some amazing climbing. A fantastic crag for the 5.12 leader, with plenty of moderates as well; it's bound to be a popular place.

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