The crux is the first slab. We ended up climbing right then traversing back onto the lower slab. The upper slab is pure fun though. There is no place for gear on this, and it is not really worth bolting (IMO).

It is another good toprope for a hot day of swimming and climbing.

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The crux is pulling right over roof and onto small ledge. There is no good way to protect this move as of now, and falling from there would result in a 20 foot groundfall.

The toughest section on this is just below the roof/chimney. Fritz led this into the chimney and final squeeze through to the top. He was pushing hard for the FA only to discover the presence of anchors. If you like OW and narrowing chimneys, this is a great route. It has good gear and climbing all the way.

The hardest part is trusting the rock through the first pitch (C1) The second pitch ascends a well-protected and beautiful corner that has (mostly) solid rock to the top. 3x 4-6 will have you leading the second pitch in comfort!

The first 15 feet is the crux. Stemming and thin tips will get you up to easier climbing and solid fingers to the top.

Whoa! This route is great! Start out manteling to the first shelf. Climb tips to fingers to hands up to the roof. Pull half pad tips, blue cams, through the roof (crux/C1) into easier fist and hand jams to the top.

The lower headwall variation is 5.10 R/X. If you stay in the corner to the right, the whole route is 5.8 and protected.

There is still some loose stuff in there. Overall, it is pretty clean. Use offwidth and chimney moves to the top. There is some runout, but it is hard to fall that far in this narrow OW/chimney. Overall, it is a great route with varied and interesting movement.

The gear on this is solid. There is one small section of questionable rock (3 feet). It is a great little climb to TR or lead when the sandstone is too hot.

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Routes in The Pot Holes Area