Step up to the first bolt on giant corner wedge. Getting to the 2nd bolt is the crux and boy is it one! I thought clipping the bolt was very precarious, but if you find the 3-finger "jug" that sounds more secure. Going up there are more hidden crimpers, but the climbing eases. Choose your calling left or right of the bolt line then angle right to the anchor.

Nowhere to Hide

Nowhere to Run

True Grit

Walls Come Tumbling Down

The Right Recipe

Line of Attack

Special Delivery

Bottom looks burly, but it’s got a great clipping jug and is fun! Next set of moves to the second bolt are a little cramped. Fun movement the whole route. Gas pockets up top. It’s little pumpy at the top, but it’s still possible to go slow and steady to unwrap the beta. Near the top there’s a sweet horizontal hand slot, which you can then turn into an undercling as you get your feet higher for the next 2 semi-decent holds. It’s hard to let go of such a sweet hold!

Clip the first bolt from the ground. Very easy climbing up massive wedges to the first bolt and easy climbing continues through the next three bolts. Getting from bolt 4 to 5 is challenging physically and beta-intense. A bulge causes some blind hand placements. Handle slopers with some balance work. Get pumped. Find a jug, more slopers, a pocket, and a Gaston. Get creative with good positioning to make holds positive for bolt 6. Then route eases the rest of the way...This description is much at odds with the book description.

The start is a bit mind boggling and physically tricky. It's reachy getting to the first bolt. There are slopers and slab, and very few good edges. Crux is between bolts 3 and 4, where you can opt to go left or right. A couple of the bolts are reachy from good footholds, but they were set optimally for clean falls. Easy to miss the 5th bolt where the climbing eases.  Route is more strenuous and different style than the other 10cs on the wall: True Grit and Special Delivery.

Start is 5.easy. Then the climbing starts to get more difficult and the crux is figuring out the move after the big right hand pincher at the 4th bolt. The feet are mostly all slopey but there are a couple sharp edges. Stay cool and find the hidden hold. This is the easiest route on the wall and a good warm-up for the others.

Yoder/Sullivan say the crux is is passing the first bolt, but I had trouble identifying any hard parts of this route. Maybe the block is not supposed to be on at the crux? Maybe the right hand holds jutting out from the recess are not supposed to be on? I kind of tried making this into a 5.10b (as graded by the FA), but there was so much within reach of the bolt line it seemed soft for the grade. There are a lot of edges to step up on. I think it's more 5.9/5.10a territory. A good warm-up for the wall.

Fun movement. Start is easy peasy. Crux is at 4th going for 5th. After the 5th bolt, there’s one of those horizontal hand slots that can take a jam. Gas pockets on top.

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