Sit start on dubious holds that leads into easier climbing on Mental Shelf.

Mental Shelf Sit

Mental Shelf

Mental Helen

Helen

Rail Rider

Start on the big jug, mantle it using a slopey sidepull on the right-leaning rail. Climb straight up to the top on easier ground above. 

  It's possible (and perhaps preferable if one doesn't have a spotter) to bail left after the mantle.

Start on the jugs of Mental Shelf, skip the mantle, instead head right and slightly up using a Gaston to get to the wideness on Helen. Take Helen to the top. 

  A fun linkup of two lines.

Use a fingerlock to sit-start from the block at the base of the left-slanting crack. Progress up through a hand jam, possibly a chicken wing (if you can get Helen to open up the kitchen), a knee lock, and then back down the size range through hands to finger locks. Top out on jugs leading left of the bulge on the next rock tier (watch for some loose rock at the top).

Do the mantle on Mental Shelf. Then ride the rail up-and-right to the jug on Helen. Finish on Helen. 

  Fun linkup of two lines.

A couple good problems and even some potential for a roped route or two.

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Routes in Upper Guardrail Ridge