Compression climbing at its finest! Finesse and slap your way up the beautiful arete to a rest around the 2/3 mark. Try not to puke as you enter the upper crux of very small crimpers.

Fat Cat

The Reverse Traverse

The Vertex

Afternoon Delight

P1: Take the chimney all the way up, or escape right. One number 6 Camalot extended (and one small cam if you elect the traverse) for protection. Not really R rated. The anchor can be seen easily from the bottom of the first pitch.

P2: You can either solo the short face left of the roof up to the next pair of bolts, or you can start right, climb up to a roof and traverse over if you'd like to protect it. Very short pitch.

P3: You can either climb a slightly overhanging jug haul, or you can move a bit right at the short arete to top out. Belay from the rap anchors at the top, just over the lip and spare the tree.

Descent: If you're facing the river, the rap anchor is behind you, adjacent to the tree. There are a pair of bolts and rings just over the edge. Make sure you use caution rigging your rap. It's a straight shot down a mostly free-hanging rappel. Use a 70 just to make sure.

offwidth crack to small roof. then move left to ledge. use the tree here to bring up your second. then move around ledge to rap off 2bolt anchors. 5.9 might be a stretch. rather easy due to all the rests i found.

this route doesn't reach the top of the spire

technical face moves off the deck w/no pro, to sloping legde 15ft up. get gear here and traverse right to ascend arete to next stance. get gear for last push up easier terrain. finish on Afternoon Delight. fun!

alternately you can climb pitch one of Afternoon Delight (5.7) and move to left edge facing road. build anchor on trad gear for enjoyable top-rope

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