Blood, Sweat, and Tears 

Bummed to hear that tree died. It wasn't too long ago that I was rapping off the thing...

I actually think this is a quality route - fun face climbing at a moderate and consistent grade up what I remember as a crack-like feature. Worth some time if you're in the area. I have no idea if the new finish detracts from the quality of the route.

Climbed this route last spring. Really a great route, but as far as I could tell there are few great anchoring options.

Even in terms of gear anchors, there are a few horizontals but a lot of them are pretty flaring.

The pitch features some great thought provoking moves, however. I feel as though this might be a great climb to warrant some rap anchors. I ended up having the second bring a rap line and slinging a tree a few hundred feet to the right. The traverse over to the tree had several fifth class moves and was lichen covered, so be extremely careful when getting down from this route.

The pitch is super fun though. Make sure to bring a nut tool when you lead to scrape the lichens off your footholds on the upper section!

A fantastic Route that Obviously does not get that much traffic (a lot of lichen on this puppy)!! The beginning crack takes great pro but once you trend left and begin up the small, lichen cover that is the rest of the pitch gear gets pretty sparse due to the flaring nature of the crack, so if you find a good placement take it! Climbing is easy and straightforward but the gear options make for a exciting climb! An excellent warm up and a great climb when everything else is taken!