Overhanging arête on immaculate polished granite. Cooler temps will help with the friction.

Contact High

Tips and Smears

LAR's Arete

Machete

Problem A

Left Flake

Kittens with Mittens

Beer Camp

Dream of the Cat

Tower Number One

Start in horazontal crack reaching high with right hand to gain a good crimp. Step up and follow crack to top out. Walk off climbers right.

Start on a great incut crimp for the right hand, and left hand on a sidepull, pull onto glassy feet and climb the tall overhanging arete with polished crimps down low, grab the arete and rock onto the slab, making delicate moves high off the deck.

The landing for this boulder isnt the best.  Theres a large ledge that you can fill with pads under the face, but after rocking around the arete and committing to the slab, you are exposed over a large rocky pit.

Id highly recommend checking out the slab on rope, theres a large crack at the top of the boulder that takes good gear (#1, #2, #3 C4) and another smaller crack that can be used as a directional (#.5 C4)

A direct line might go, staying on the overhanging face and slapping up the arete.

Climbs left face and arête. Could go straight up but have not sent yet.

Start on matched crimp in the horizontal crack. Left foot on far ledge and fire for high right sloped arête. Work right hand up and fire left hand to the top. Top out straight on top.

Start in large horizontal crack, moving up to large flake. Moved gingerly to the top with a high step top out. Walk off climbers right.

Start at furthest start hold on the left side and traverse right into Dream of the Cat. Bullet hard granite. Bring strong fingers

Sit start into an undercling for the finish.

Start on the big jug rail, move out left to the arete, work some moves up using the arete and the face, then big move to the top. A SDS could definitely go, probably at the same grade.

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