Start either matched on the left arete or with your right hand on a high sidepull. Move one move to the lip and mantle. Guidebook grade is V3. Downgraded because it's much easier than expected. There is also line called Jennifer Connelly (aka Sarah) directly to the right of David Bowie that starts on a jug and goes up and slightly right, and a variation that starts as for JC and ends as for DB.

David Bowie aka the Goblin King

The Bone Collector

Jennifer Connelly

Beckey's Problem

Jazzercise

Beckey's Problem Low

Start on two high crimpers and climb straight up through more crimps to a "real-deal" mantle.

Start on the low incut hold and climb up and right through somewhat tenuous moves to a nice jug and easy topout.

Stellar movement on perfect rock. Start on good crimps on the rail-like feature that points up and right. Work up to the left sidepull, stick and hold the thin crimp on the face above, and move through to the great finish hold at the lip. Good footwork makes this much easier.

I thought the topout was not so much "happy", which is the word Kelly used, as much as a little freaky. Just a straight mantle, with a decent right heel/foot. I thought this was one of the better lines in the area, and perhaps soft for the grade

Grab the epoxied pinch feature on the left arete and climb to the lip through high feet and body tension or simply dynoing to the lip.

Same finish as the stand-start, but start sitting with your right hand on a crimp and your left hand on a smaller crimp, which is also a foothold. The crux is still getting to the lip, but the addition of 2 moves makes the crux harder than the stand. Climbs just as well, but the low start can be dabby if you use a regular pad. The feet are low; I recommend using a slider pad to remove dab potential.

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Routes in Beckey's Problem