Crux is the first couple moves. The problem climbs the right side of spicy meatball facing the road. Start on the Low crimp rail MATCHED. This is the ONLY start hold.

Ground Beef

Bat Soup

Heat Up The Olive Oil Nonna

Inspiration (In Italian)

Preheat the Oven to 400F

White Widow

Two Teaspoons Hot Sauce

Spice It UP

Fun boulder problem that links up a variation of Ground Beef with Preheat the Oven to 400F. Start in sit position with one hand on low crimp, right hand starts at obvious mono. Move up into standing position on wall and traverse left on small hands and feet. Once to the large flake, top out on top of the boulder! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYNdUJMpUOk^^Link of FA for beta.

Bat Soup starts just to the right of Heat Up the Olive Oil Nonna, in the crack between Spicy Meatball Boulder and the boulder adjacent to it.To begin the climb start with your feet jammed into the crack for a bat hang start. A node on the boulder that isn’t meatball makes a great spot for the right heel to rest and set the foot jam proper. After achieving the bat hang use offwidth techniques to wrestle yourself up the crack into an upright position and top out on top of Spicy Meatball Boulder.Inspired by the Vedauwoo classic “Life Without Parole”Link for beta: https://youtu.be/MaRU7YC5geM

On the East face of Spicy Meatball you will find a seam running from 11 o'clock to 5 o'clock and a horizontal jug at the top of this seam at eye level.

 This is the starting point of the standing-start problem Heat Up The Olive Oil Nonna.

 Easy moves  to the left moving up onto a slab with decent features for feet friction. Walk off is obvious and can be seen on west side of rock which is accessible from the front or back.

 FA video and beta can be seen on Youtube youtube.com/watch?v=sF5Q8TW…

 As of April 2020 some type of ground-nesting bird is setup to the NE side of the rock so please watch your step accessing the backside.

Two Teaspoons Hot Sauce starts on the SE face of Spicy Meatball. Stand-start with matched hands in obvious hueco jug and work up to a generous stance in that starting hold. Work left on good feet to slab with less features than Heat Up The Olive Oil just to the right.  Crux during first un-roped climb - a dime edge 2-3 finger indentation you can drag or fingernail to stand up to the generous stance. After that it should be smooth sailing if you're comfortable on slabs. If you don't trust your feet or they slip it can get a little spicy. 

 Visual beta: youtube.com/watch?v=nXRVok0…

Start in sitting position on ground or pad. Left hand starts on jug side pull, right hand starts on lower crimp. (see photo). Pull up and finish out on Olive Oil route! 

Spicy Meatball offers up easy-access problems right when you get to the Mt Scott Area and is easily viewed from HWY 49.Spicy features a V3+ sit start, a V5 sit start, a heinous mono sit start, a bat hang off-width problem, mantling, some thin technical face climbing, and a handful of easier jug and slab problems. Quite a unique collection of problems on one rock for the Refuge.Spicy is a great place for parties to meet up before climbs and warm up on the various difficulty levels and allows all members of a party to get some laps in. :) 

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