Climbs the obvious thin crack between Cosmosis and West Crack. Where the crack ends over the small dihedral roof, move right to the anchor for West Crack. The climb accepts good modern gear, though it may be difficult to place through the upper crux section.
Starting on the right of the 2 cracks, you can put in a #0.75 Camalot sized cam, then traverse to the left crack (which may not feel that secure the first time) and plug in a nut or a tight-finger sized cam. The climbing is pretty easy until over the obvious (wide) hand spot. From there, even if one decides to not place any gear through the entire crux section, the only danger would be getting a little scraped over a long fall.
The bottom part of this route is slabby 5.11 protected by small gear. There's a good rest before the headwall. The crux is pretty awesome movement capped by a big move (static on micro hold, or dyno) to a big hold from which to clip the anchors. What more could a classic route want?
Bell Buttress - Main Crag
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