The left bolt line on the clean face of The Pearls.  Pearl Necklace is a route for those that like technical moves on dime edges.  It has multiple cruxes with good rests in between.  The crimping starts right off the high ledge.  Difficult climbing leads to a large edge and a puzzling series of moves between it and the next big hold.  From there an arching crack leads to a tough series of moves to big holds below the anchor.

Pearl Necklace

Black Pearl

Zircon

Pearl Drops

Zircon is the rightmost of the cracks on the high left shoulder of The Pearls.

A variation of

Pearl Drops

, Black Pearl starts atop boulders on the right side.  It climbs off the boulders to join

Pearl Drops

at its third bolt.

Superb face climbing, thoughtful in places but always with good holds over clean rock, makes Pearl Drops 4 out of 5 stars.  The hardest moves are right off the high ledge on the steep bulge.  From there, interesting climbing continues through 4 more bolts.  After the last bolt, a hard direct line with long fall potential can be taken to the anchor.  Moving right, then up keeps the grade much more reasonable.

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Routes in The Pearls