Six closely spaced bolts. Thin face climbing. The crux is the 20' bulge. Good rock. Sharp holds. Cold shuts on top.

Hard as a Rock

Nodal Line

Sound Chaser Direct

Looking for a Clue

Sound Chaser

Organ Grinder

Me and My Monkey

When in Doubt, Run it Out

Relayer

Castles Made of Sand

Castles Made of Sound

Japanese Water Torture

The start is probably the crux on this one.  Climb up just on the left side of the arete passing 3 bolts along the way.  Little bit of a mantle move over the last bulge by the anchor.  Straightforward.

Start on Sound Chaser. Traverse left between the first and second bolt. Go straight up. No idea why the FA team didn't do this, and instead went way right and then back.

Start on the left side of the face near chimney and trend slightly right staying left of the bolt for "When in Doubt Run it Out" and then up.  Follow the sea of knobs up.

When setting anchor, you'll want to bring long some slings with you to avoid sharp rock cut off and friction. Access either by squeezing between the two leftmost rocks, or by walking up left. The crux is the first few moves to start off. Some fun balance switchbacks.

This is a fun climb. Huge holds, well protected. On second formation from left, just right of Relayer. Access bolt by squeezing between middle rock formations and climbing left. No rap rings, but you can walk off the back

Follow the arete on the third formation from the left(second formation from the right). Nice warm up route. If you want to TR it, squeeze in between the middle rocks and climb left and around to the right side of the spire (er, pinnacle?). Don't try climbing up the rock itself, it's a bit sketchy to get up on the ledge.

To the right of Looking for A Clue (the brown Pinnacles climbing book says Looking for A Clue was done by people looking for this route). Bottom is the hardest part, but can traverse in from the left to cut out hardest, unprotected, climbing.

Classic runout Pinnacles climbing.

On second from left rock formation(just right of Sound Chaser), this sucker is a pumpy route. Watch out for swing if you fall, the far left section is RIGHT there.

Relatively mild start leads up to the short and definite overhung crux passing the second bolt.  After gaining the large knob above second bolt, head toward the top on easy ground.

Start on Sound Chaser. Traverse left at the second bolt across the face. Then join Castles Made of Sand at the bottom of the bulge. Fun/sustained.

The crux comes in the form of a big unprotected move to get from the slab pseudo-finish to the top of the boulder which is the actual finish

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