Project!

Thomas Townsed spied this immediately upon cleaning the base of poison oak and dead bushes. Sit-start on small shelf. Left hand grabs a side-pull-ish crimp, and right hand latches a low, open-handed crimp. Heel-hook left, set up, and fire right hand to tiny edge. Thus unfolds a sequence of utter grimness.

Any heroes out there?

State of the Art

Silent Observer

General Electric

Whiskey and Success

General Steampunk

Icebox Slab

Bear's  Broken Arete

Arete directly right of Icebox Slab. Right and left hand crimps, high left heal, then great slopey side pulls and powerful moves to the top.

A rad lower start to Whiskey and Success. Start on two edges that are close together and make a small move with your right to a slopey crimp. Then bust a wide span to an incut edge with your left. Finish on Whiskey and Success toping straight up and left.

Long pulls to slopey ledge, then head straight up for very delicate topout. Comfy rock and fantastic open-hand crimps make this a good warmup for the harder stuff, or a non-painful project in its own right. Rock is reminiscent of The Brickyard.

Great edges, crimps, and slopers up a gently overhanging wall. Now if only the holds were more positive...

Start standing with left hand high on a slanted crimp, and right on a slightly sloping edge. Hike feet up, and lunge up and right to a sloper. If you latch it, then fire left hand up to an open-hand crimp, and top out. Extremely tenuous.

The sit-start remains undone, but Thomas is close (as of January, 2014).

Really just a variant to General Electric, but with a significantly harder topout. Contrived? I don't think so. Anyhoo, start as for GE, do big pull, and when you gain sloping ledge, move directy left and up. Requires some tricky footwork, open-hand crimps (my favorite), gastons, and an airy mantle. Superb!

Obvious and striking slab with an auspicious hole in the center. Gain the hole, and slab it out to the top. Great warmup, and better than it looks. Do it at sunset for full value.

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