Starts on the left (south) side of the west face of Grand Canyon.  Go up past three bolts to a large dike.  Traverse left on the dike past six more bolts and exit on the slab and climb up to a bolted anchor above the climbs Love Stone and The Wrath of St. Valentine.

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This is an exciting and varied route, with interesting problem solving.  The crux is a shallow flared hand crack.  It is not in the 1992 Vogel guide.

Climb easy face to a horizontal dike.  Follow the dike left using heel hooks and hand holds to a strenuous mantle. Continue up past two bolts on thin face to the top.

I believe [the "R" rating] is justified because if you come off while doing the difficult mantle just under the 5th bolt (10 feet directly left of the 4th bolt) you will take a nasty pendulum and the rope may hit a sharp edge on a portion of the discontinuous dike.

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Routes in Grand Canyon - West Wall (W. Face)