Scramble up the chimney to the obvious ledge, and angle slightly right move up past two bolts and the opportunity to place additional protection in a horizontal crack. Pull onto another ledge, and follow bolts, moving left and then up for a final mantel below the chains.

Compass Rose

Rising Tide

Wholey Logic

Disco Pants

Mutiny

Indivisible

Higher Ground

Decision Paralysis

Disco Pants (P1)

Excellent!, hard, scary, and well-protected. The second pitch follows the obvious arête directly above the first pitch. From the ledge, clip the first easy bolt, and enter the business. After an initial tricky bulge, the climbing is unrelentingly insecure and technical until the cliff slabs out, and the arête joins in with the finish of Shakedown Street and Stagger Lee.It is possible to do the entire climb from the ground in either 1 or 2 pitches.Lower with a 70 meter rope (knot the end!) or do 2 rappels/lowers with a 60m. If working the climb, a 60 meter rope will reach the ground from the end of the hard climbing.

I'm not sure that 5.10 sport climbing gets much better than this...start up and then right, and make a big move out right to a great hold. Head up and back left through granite hero jugs toward a small overlap and into a shallow corner. Follow the flakey corner section up, and hang on 'til the chains.

Wholey Logic climbs a beautiful looking, left-facing flake that ultimately doesn't climb nearly as well as it looks. It has a fun traverse with a short lived crux that leaves you wanting more. The upper section above the midway ledge is classy and consistent, technical, dihedral climbing but on substantially easier terrain.

Start high on the terrace, and make a few big moves to gain the arete. Ascend using pinches and laybacks. Clip the chains from an awkward stance with a jug and a hidden crimp.

Indivisible is short and splitter. Traverse out left on good jams and decent foot holds to stance below the right-leaning, vertical crack. Layback or jam the crack up and over the bulge onto easier terrain with a huge flake, atop which is a bolted anchor.The gear is good, but you might just want to go!

This is the second pitch to Rising Tide. Follow a broken crack (PG-13 for the brittle rock) to a line of 3 bolts (crux). After the bolts, follow a great hand crack to a set of bolted anchors. It's best to lower down from the anchors and have your belayer clean the route.Rap down from the anchors above Rising Tide.

This has thin, technical, and very balancy climbing up a nice, vertical face. You may want to stickclip bolt 1. The first crux is relatively low down, and the second crux begins by pulling off of a nice, no hands ledge halfway up the climb.

Head up the slab past two bolts to a huge ledge. Follow the crack system up the steeper headwall above the ledge toward a tree. Traverse slightly right, and pull onto a small ledge. Stem your way up the shallow corner on beautiful white granite to the anchors.

The majestic Grotto sits up in a prominent spot above the talus. The beautiful white granite offers some excellent and tricky one and two pitch routes that you better bring your footwork for. The first pitch of Rising Tide is not to be missed. If you're not wearing it already, this is good spot to put on a helmet, especially around the base. Please don't stray into the closed areas of the cliff, as inviting as they may seem, due to unstable rock.

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