Feeling peckish? Want to add a few more moves to The Beak Traverse? Try the low start: The Pecker! Below the starting slot and hueco on The Beak Traverse, use the block and horizontal slot to start and then link up with the rest of the traverse. This sit start adds three to four moves and about a V grade.

The Pecker

Asshole Arete

Garage door traverse

The Beak Traverse

Garage Door

Beak Mantle

This is on a boulder behind The Beak (same one that Garage Door is on). This climbs the arete (from a sit start) all the way left of Garage Door. It's a powerful sloper problem...

Story of the name:

Bruce: "That looks cool, what is it called?"

Random Dude: "I dunno."

Bruce: "What does it go at?"

Random Dude: "I dunno."

Bruce, muttering: "What an asshole..."

Start on the right arete and traverse into garage door. Felt about V5 if you do the direct mantle. Probably NOT a first ascent. Might be easy for the grade (haven't done it in quite a while)

Left right traverse across the Beak formation ending in a V0 type mantle.

Start on the big knob and make some balancy moves up to the left facing flake. Make a big mantle.

Using the beak hold, mantle up and over. Crux is getting your feet into a good position to step off the mantle.

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Routes in The Beak