Cows are punks man. They're just looking for their next scratch. They kick over the cairns, stomp the trail, and one of the ripped off my rear windshield windex-y sprayer thingy. Sometimes they steal the campsite too. Anyways they can't climb.

 This is a fun climb. After the weird box feature in the obvious rock scar, there is a bit of crimping, and a fun throw to sinker pocket (if you know where it is). I thought it was 10+ but KT thought it was more like 11-. Short crux, you pick.

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Borrowed Stone

Somehow I flattened a rattlesnake with a rock while cleaning this. It really broke my heart. Eventually I figured out how to pull the rock off of it, and it rattled at me and crawled under a rock. About a month later we flipped the rock and... no snake. So maybe it lives on, but I'd be surprised. The moral is, be more careful, because the rock isn't yours (nor mine).

 This is a fun route with some soft rock because the crystal pockets are a little thin in places. There is a also a bottomless dirt hole that you have to use. I will try and clean it out soon. That said, almost the whole route travels through huge holes and pockets, and it's pretty cool. At the chains you can see through the gap between the Biscuit and the Galleta off towards the Whetstones.

Currently just two routes here, a third was aborted because there is a very small beehive or watering hole (can't figure out which down in the right side). The rock quality leaves a little to be desired here, but the current routes are fun and ascend some interesting features. Reminds me of a chossy version of the Mota wall in potrero. If you get too hot, just walk down to the gap and stick your head around the corner, usually you will get a face full of arctic wind.

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