In The Groove 

The start is often non-negotiably wet in early season (or winter, when one might use, say, golf shoes. Who knows?).

The rock on P2 is very suspect in places - my second broke a hold and fell, quite unexpectedly.

A very nice climb. It was a little dirty, but with some fun moves. I did the original route which supposedly leads to a dead tree, but it looked pretty alive to me. It sits on a small but comfortable ledge directly above Silly Groove.

Nice climb but is a bit on a loose side, not something I'd feel comfortable running out or having an inexperienced belay on. I did the climb in one long pitch with a 60M rope all the way to the GT Ledge via the Direct Finish as per Dick Williams. I went straight up the last bulge/overhang over a shallow openbook - took me a while to figure it out as the holds are not obvious (like Seth said the jugs you reach for turn out to be slopers, but found a little key side pull that put the climb back into the 5.6 territory). The climb tops out 15 feet right from Ursula tree anchor.

I've done the direct and traditional P2 (linking P1 and 2). The direct goes through the roof about 80 feet up (above a good optional belay ledge as described). It can be done, there are hands and the sequence adds up to 5.6 for me (tall/long reach). My follow was shorter and had to move left to take the traditional way up.

The traditional route goes left of the roof 80 feet up. It's a little runout but no ledge fall (can protect under the left end of the roof, just extend those runners!). Extend everything after this as well to avoid massive rope drag potential if linking the pitches. Haven't done the GT ledge finish since the tree up and right is comfortable and has rap rings.

The original start is almost always wet, needs a week of dry weather to be climbable. Not sure how good the moves are but the rest of the climb is great for the grade.

It was wet so we detoured left a bit at the start. Linking the pitches worked well with a 60m rope. The route eats pro. I placed 14 pieces in 140 feet and was running low towards the end. Plan accordingly and consider rope drag. The direct finish is a little dirty but worth it and allows you to avoid the healthy/dying/dead oak tree. A loose protruding rock will wake you up when you step on it but does not seem ready to fall. Belayed from a nearby sturdy tree. There are 2 other tree rapp stations in sight but we used the High E rapp which is 35 yards climbers left.

One of the few routes to be downgraded from its original rating. It was 5.7 in the 1964 guide.