A great name for an okay climb.  At least it's tall enough?  Climb the left side of the boulder, using whatever you can reach.

Wooly Mammoth

Heir Apparent

Madvillian

Unknown

Dr. Doom

The Dish

The Shard

The Pocket

The Shard is not a new problem, but it was climbed post-2007, so it's not in Kelly's 1st edition. It starts with both hands on the big rounded sloper dish on the far left side of the rail. Climb right through techy sloper moves, and top out by rocking over once you reach the end of the rail, using decent crimps.

Not certain about the grade so please contribute to the consensus if you've done it.

A little v0 traverse to play around on as you pass it by.

Certainly not in the same class as The Pocket, but it's worth doing.  It's a good way to warm up the mind and body before giving The Pocket a shot, if nothing else.

Start on the right side of the face, and use whatever you can reach.  Look for holds on the face and arete.  Topout when it is logical to do so.

Start on the hueco in the middle of the boulder; go up and right to another jug in the face, and then right again to a jug on the arete. The crux is then to continue up the arete (choosing between a slopey crimp or a big pinch, depending on your hand size) and then top out over the lip.

You will be sharing this rock with a lot of spiky brush, so commune with the plants and get your swamp thing on.

That's about it. Climb the face around the corner to the left of The Pocket.

Another so so route.  Worth throwing a pad down for, but you won't be writing home about it.

An incredible problem with long moves on sloping dishes.  Start sitting, and pull a series of fun, technical moves through perfect rock until you come to a high crux at the lip.  Pull the crux, which is great, and do the relatively simple topout.

Climbing this problem feels like flying.

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