A great pitch if you are into thin lines and committing leads.This is the thin system to the left of Tangent, right of Born Under a Bad Sign that goes out a medium sized roof down low. Pulling the roof crux is awkward and difficult until you commit to the wierd layback and literally get your hips into the groove. After the crux the route continues to dish out small holds, thin jams, and technical stemming.

Nojive Ogive

Sine of the Times

Born Under a Bad Sine

Sine Language

Tangent

First route done at the Forks. 

  Shares start with Ogive No Jive. Starts on cobbled ledges in a system that leads to a mid sized roof. Traverse left around the arête to gain the next crack system. Thin gear and cool stemming. Sustained at the top.

Another classic Sine Wall 5.10.  Safer to do in 2 pitches.  Climb up a corner until it is possable to traverse right to a juggy crack.  At the huge ledge system walk right to the final corner.  Climb the overhanging double finger cracks to the top (crux).  If doing in 1 pitch you're probably in ledge fall for most of the crux. (It protects well but I felt that with rope stretch, the extra slack in the system due to the traverse, and the fact that your belayer can't see you, a fall within the first 10 feet of the finger crack would probably land you on the ledge.)

LMA is one of the steepest routes at The Forks and is the crown jewel amongst the other gems on the Sine Wall. As the story goes... LMA was a last minute addition to the Bloom guidebook just as it was going to print. An ambiguous description from visiting climbers from Tucson got it into the guidebook just in time but the complete radness of the pitch was left out. The true difficulty may have been left out also... 

  LMA climbs a low angle slab to a stance below a broken orange shield. Follow broken holds into the steep twin tips cracks. Blast it and end up on a bivy ledge. Step back out and follow thin seam on an arete to the topout.

Probably the hardest of the Sine Wall 5.10s, but also the easiest to protect.  Climb easily up to the flake, then either head straight up the right side (fingers), or traverse to the left side (hands).  Both 5.10.

Might be the best line on the sine wall.  The first 15' might be the crux and are basically unprotected (might easier to start on Sine Language).  After that the pro gets better.  Climb the fantastic stem box to a pillar.  Finish on TI-30 or make a spooky step right over space for the Tangent finish.

The Sine Wall has some uniquely wavy crack systems and a handful of good routes, including the very first route done at Paradise Forks, Born Under A Bad Sine.  Morning shade, afternoon sun.

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Routes in The Sine Wall