The best route on the wall, Perplexus tackles a steep line 10-15 feet right of Cryptogram.  A bouldery and somewhat sequential start lead to a decent stance.  From there, the angle and difficulty of the climb ease slightly, but eighty feet of highly consistent, solid 5.10 climbing remain.  A great route on awesome stone.

Perplexus

Rubik's Cube

Thing-a-ma-jig

Piece of the Puzzle

Thing-a-ma-bob

Cryptogram

Crytogram lies just right of the mossy streak.  Pick your way up terrific stone, heading gradually up and left as you hunt around for the good holds. After reaching a bush, break right, enter a shallow v-slot for a few moves, and then a short dash to the anchor.  I found entering and exiting the slot to be the crux of the route, but only slightly harder than the remainder of the climb.  Consider using a long draw on the bolt before the slot to reduce drag.

Once you make it to the 5th bolt the climbing eases but isn't completely done.  You can get sucked into the top portion of Perplexus if you veer left near the middle of the route, but keep your eyes open for bolts to the right.

As of May 2016 there is still a semi loose block near the 6th bolt.  It's a little bigger than a softball and very tempting to use as a clipping hold.  I tried to pry it out when I put up the route years ago but I couldn't get it to go.  It's marked with an X right now and there are plenty of good holds near it, and the climbing in that area is pretty mellow.  If someone has the motivation maybe they can try to get it out of there.  Someone left some prying tools at the base of the cliff.  There are more routes going in to the right of this route up the gully, so I think the tools should be there a while longer.

Step onto the wall, traversing up and right past your first bolt.  You will find an amazing hueco that serves as a two hand jug, sidepull, and undercling.  Rest here if you are feeling pumped.  The climbing eases off the higher you get.  Continue upwards past three more bolts, onto a less than vertical face with huge holds.  Pass one old piton behind a hallow flake.  Clip it if you dare!  You could place gear above the last bolt if you wish. It looked to be smaller stuff, maybe #1 Camalot and down.  Otherwise, do like I did and run it out 20-30 ft on easy ground to the chains.

Left of an obvious mossy streak, Piece of the Puzzle ascends a series of wildly incut, inobvious holds on  sharp rock.  Passing a slabby section halfway up provides the crux, though most of the route is of similar difficulty.  A reasonable warmup for other routes on the wall.

A bit chossy, but fun climbing through slightly-overhanging, slopey granite.

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