Climb arete from standing start.  One of the best or perhaps the best.

Sharma Arete

Rabbit Hole

Thee Classic

In my opinion as good as any V3 you'll find anywhere and one of my all time favorite problems. Move through the large hueco in the middle of the face, make a long move to the cryptic sloper at the lip and try to figure out how to top out. Crux is the move after you hit the lip (kind of tall but the landing is good).

I've always felt the Classic is a bit sandbagged but that's the way castle rock is sometimes. There's a low start that goes at V4 as well.

Great problem with very strange landing zone.  Take care when doing the first few moves.  Starts on jugs on boulder adjacent to sharma arete boulder.  You should find the boulder problem behind the sharma arete in a small corridor closer to donkey dong arete (located on the main indian rock). Once familiar with the landing area, it is not as dangerous as it looks. Knee bar beta. Classic movement.

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Routes in Thee Classic