This is easily one of the best routes in the 12- range at The Pool Wall. It has sustained climbing with distinctive cruxes.

Start on a moderate face with one belay bolt and two protection bolts which leads to a large ledge. From the ledge, a sequency section of crimpy and powerful climbing leads up just left of the bolt line to a roof. Surmount the roof via slopers and crimps, try to shake out at the sloping ledge, then embark up the finishing face of sidepulls and fingerlocks. This is a great route on superb rock. The original grade in the guidebook was 11d/12a. 12- feels about right for the onsight grade.

Talent Pool

Victimless Crime

Annie's Arete

Unknown

The Front Nine

Get Off The Mike

Guillotine

Slab Happy

This is yet another tricky Pool Wall 5.10. This route starts at a belay bolt just left of where the approach trail meets the wall. Follow a couple bolts up a face, through a shallow roof, up moderate terrain, to a crux slab section which ends with another small roof. The moves seem improbable at first, but it's all there. A broken hold at the end of the crux has made the sequence a little more reachy and a bit more dynamic to the last roof. This is a good route that will test your slabbing skills.

Start in a shallow corner with a bolt just off the deck. Climb to a large ledge and scramble up onto a detached boulder/flake to clip the second bolt. A few slabby moves get you into a right-facing corner. Clip a high bolt where the corner feature peters out. Step left across a blunt arete (crux). Positive holds in a large crack deliver you to the anchors.

Start in a crack shattered corner, and climb to a ledge. Climb a short section of bolt-protected corner crack. Traverse out to the arete.

This climb is a little wander-y around trees and blocks and goes into a neat, right-facing crack/corner. There are some iffy gear placements, but this has fun crack rasslin'.

This is one of the only real crack climbs at the Pool Wall. And, it's pretty darn good. Climbs up the great wide crack just right of the Ginsu Arete (

Look Sharp

&

Be Sharp

). When you get to the wide bit there is actually a nice finger crack right next to it, so no wide gear is necessary. It ends at chains on the left wall.

This is a hard route that climbs through a series of roofs just right of

Talent Pool

. The crux is above the biggest roof.

Guillotine is mostly hands with a short off-widthy section. Crack climb just left of

Annie's Arete

. This climb has been recently excavated with many loose blocks trundled.

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Routes in The Wading Pool