This problem is a very fun variation to

Cryptic Magician

which starts to the right of that V7.

Start standing on a lower strata of rock with two good crimps for the hands on the slab below the little roof, a high right hold and a lower one for the left. Throw a high left foot onto a small edge, and with your hands still on the starting holds, rock onto your left foot. Now you can reach the obvious, chalked up flake at the lip of the roof. Bump past the good hold with your left to a small hold over the lip. At this point, you have joined the

V7

and the finish is the same.

I thought the hardest move was grabbing with the left hand to the big, slanting hold at the end of the business. The topout above this good grip is a bit slopey, insecure, and requires good foot work to finish. It's wise to climb around the back and check if the finish needs the pine needles brushed off.

Cryptic Right

Cryptic Magician

Cryptic Grips

Climb the blunt arete in the center of the wall. Start on left crimp rail and right pinching side of arete. Work up arete using sidepulls and underclings. Cross left to sloping pinch and stab right around the corner for decent sidepull. Work up slab on small edges. There is a decent ledge about 2/3 the way up the slab; it's an easy top-out from there.

On the left side of the Cryptic Boulder, start on a good edge with matched hands. Move out left to a good sidepull, then go up right to one of the pebbles/pockets on the face. Throw up with left again to finish the problem.  Much of the difficulty comes from tricky footwork.

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