Steep and slightly right-slanting thin hands splitter.  Fight the pump sussing out one jam after another, with couple of cool unorthodox ones near the top.  Route tops out onto the highest ledge just below the summit.  Descend via 5.7-ish downclimb to climber's right.  Another short crack recessed toward the back does lead up to the summit.

Freeway Jam

Max Factor

Charles Who?

Runaway Truck Ramp

Indecision 2000

Charles In Charge (aka Who's on First)

Give a Hoot

Thin face/steep slab climbing will test your footwork and fingers on this challenging and sunny route.

Start up a thin flake (pro)  to gain a thin bolted face with nice patina ending at a bolted anchor shared with "Max Factor".

An elevated left-facing dihedral on the lower tier of the north face.  Fun moves, but still quite chossy.  Anchor around a sturdy tree way in the back on top, with possible gear on the underside of a big boulder kinda out of the way to climber's right.

Up the left side of the inverted V (attempt up the right side found that to be a grainy thin seam with sketchy pro), pull the fun roof, then veer up and left to the top.  Lots of choss and meandering for only a brief bit of fun.  Anchor at a sturdy tree quite far back on top, with possible gear on the underside of a big boulder that's kinda too far to the side to climber's right.

Follow the overhanging curving crack of the thick left-facing flake, continue as that turns straight, and finish via easy low-angled terrain toward top.  Lots of big ants on the rock behind the tree, sap below that tree, and a cactus at the start. There are some boulder scrambling to get to the base, so add that to the fairly short approach from the road.

This thin and technical seam is a demanding lead with thin placements and tenuous movement; several fixed pins that were on this route are now gone making this more of a challenge.

Shares the bolted anchors with the routes to the left.

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