P1, 5.9-, 125’

- Throw down the lane, starting at the big pine at the base. Follow 4 widely spaced bolts up easy slabby terrain on juggy holds to the start of the vertical band.  Skirt the gutter clipping more bolts on positive holds.  Step out left to gain a bunch of exposure, liebacking a bottoming groove and utilizing a 7-10 split stemming move to gain the large rounded jug below the chains.

Don't listen to Walter, Don't mark it zero!

10 bolts

, chain anchor.

(It is possible to rap with a 60m rope from here, if you trend hard climbers right to slope below and have sufficient body mass to really stretch your rope.)

P2, 5.6, 80’

-  Climb past large jugs to a wide smooth section of rock.  Friction fest your way up, using a long sling on the 8th bolt. Traverse right 20’ on a small foot ledge to chains.

Careful man, I've got a beverage here!

8 bolts

, chain anchor.

P3, 5.2, 100'

(Optional to summit feature)

-  Continue up easy ground to summit.  Rack of wires needed.

Two 30m raps get you to the base.  Rap from top of P2 over roof to the anchors atop P1 of "Da Jesus". Second rap gets you down. (You DO NOT rap the actual route!)

Shomer Shabbos Topo

Shomer Shabbos

Da Jesus

Bowling Ball

A really fun romp up some solid slabs with a good old fashion chossy chimney section to navigate.  This route isn't exactly on the Cellular Service tower, it's up the gully to the right of the formation and separated by a deep chimney.  It climbs the left edge of the slabby wall above a nice pocket of trees.  The first two pitches are solid slab climbing with a lone bolt on the first pitch and the second pitch starts with a fun and steep band of rock that bisects the wall.  The third pitch weaves its way up a somewhat loose chimney and tops out to the right on the  prominent tower at the top of the slab.  Bring a good helmet as the the upper pitch is still quite alpine in places.

Pitch 1:  Climb the low angle slab and aim for the wide dihedral.  Good but strange gear protects this awkward corner.   Chains allow for an escape after this pitch or continue on to the summit.  5.10, 100 feet.

Pitch 2:  Meander up the technical slab staying right of the big corner system for about 50 feet.  Place gear and cut left to escape up and over the corner.  You can make an anchor here and bring your partner up or just gun another 100+ feet of easy 5th class to the summit.

Getting down:

1.  The summit ridge offers cool 'fingers' of solid rock that can be slung.  Double rope rap to chains then rap to the ground.

2.  Traverse the ridge line to the north and find a bolted rap station on the back of the highest feature.  3 raps of less than 100 feet each take you to the ground.

3.  Walk off the top back toward the power plant.

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