How many nice SW arete's are there at Carter? A sitstart on your choice of small to smaller crimps leads to a throw to the arete and an interesting move up right to some good sloping edges. A nice easy topout above or work off to the right. A fine line.

SW Arete

Worm Up aka  My First Highball

Mars Traverse

Mantelope

Directly in the middle of the low roof on Mars Boulder is this nice line. Climb from the jugs in the middle of the cave up to a seam. Once your feet are over the lip, it quickly gets much easier. Either top out up and slightly left, reverse the moves, or jump back down - hope you've gotta pad or have good knees.

Start on the jugs at the right side of the low roof (about 4 feet left of the SW arete) and traverse the lip of the roof and continue as the holds start to get a bit smaller and the landing more rocky. Reaching the last obvious holds at waist height would leave the grade around V2+ or V3. From here look for some hidden holds, keep your feet off the ground (although I still use a major ledge for the feet) and make a long reach to a left facing mini-dihedral. Layback your way up this dihedral and topout via a pocket and some edges. Pretty fun and pumpy.

Sit start on the left edge of the 'cave' on a flat sidepull left and a crimp slot crack right.

Make a few hard moves gets your hands to the jug flake. The stand up start from here is V2. Somehow get stood up on top of the flake, then dance up the easy slabby but high topout.

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