A mysteriously hard compression line that demands much of your feet. Not as hard as it seams, but also harder than it looks. Start right hand on a open-hand edge/rail, left hand on a slopey ramp, smear right foot, toss a left heel-hook (or something...), and use body wizardry to gain a solid edge. Nice movement.

Press On Nails

Tri-Hawk

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Botofogo

Press On Nails Sit-Start

Oh, the elusive, mysterious, and much sought-after Tri-Hawk. For as long as I have climbed at Skofield (20 years now), this problem eluded me, and many others. I could never figure out where or what it was. And even when I thought I found it, the moves seemed well-nigh impossible. Turns out it isn’t impossible, just weirdly reachy and dynamic.

Start with left hand on cool pinch, and right hand on terrible pockets. Low left cheater stone is ON for the start (as per the old Edwards guide). Fire up and right to sloped crimp, and the game is on. Don’t cheat by bailing on to the jug of Press On Nails—finish direct, which is burly and honest.

This problem was rated V6 originally. I can’t for the life of me understand why. unless someone can show me some secret beta, I’m sticking to my grade. It’s quite hard. Emphasis on quite.

Just a few moves, but worthy. Start with a high open-hand side-pull and a small pocket. Establish, crank up top edge. Great rock. There MIGHT be a crazy weird hard sit-start...

A little bit of a tall start. Pass slopers, edges, and tricky feet to a cool mantel. A beautiful, proud line overlooking the creek bed. Start where the large ramp/runnel slopes out. I begin kinda hanging off a sloped edge, establish poor feet, then fire up and right to a good edge. To be honest, I'm not sure if this is how the original version went, but it seems like a logical route.

A somewhat recent addition by Tim King (2019?), and seconded by me (Andy Patterson) on a unseasonably cool July afternoon in 2020. Without a doubt one of the weirdest, most frustrating boulder problems in the creek, but highly worth it. Let's just say it has ONE foot movement that will have you tearing your hair out. Unsure about grade. The few strong climbers who have tried it have either walked away in frustration, or just gave it hell and found themselves at the top, bewildered and ecstatic—and still unsure about how hard it is.

Begin with right foot in little pocket near the ground, right hand on tiny edge, and left on chalky ramp. Fire out and right to vertical rail. Proceed to slap, compress, heel-hook, etc.

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