Type: Trad, 300 ft (91 m), 4 pitches, Grade II
FA: Bill Wilie, Randy Joseph, and Eric Ming, 1981; direct start: Hidetaka Suzuki, 1980s
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Shared By: John Tormalehto on Jan 26, 2004
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This climb is excellent, the epitome of Lumpy face climbing. This route ascends the 300 foot, bluntish arete between the ...Mariner  and Handbook. Start on the same grassy ledge from which ...Mariner and the Sorcerer start.

P1. Step around left, and jam two parallel cracks to a nice belay ledge with two new bolts, 5.7+ (75').

P2. Face climb up the arete past two bolts; the crux is about 12' above the second bolt. More great face climbing takes you up past some gear and one more bolt (5.9 X). Then locate the belay some 30' or 40' above the third bolt (natural belay), 140'.

P3. Continue up the arete (5.9 R), work up and right past a bolt used on the ...Mariner (5.8 X), and pull over the Sorcerer roof at a finger crack (5.9). Belay after 150'.

P4. Easy rock finds the top (5.5).

Variation: a challenging direct start, "Hard Labor" starts to the right of the first pitch and was put up in the '80s by Hidetaka Suzuki (5.11+). Climb a leaning, finger crack with a pin at 2/3 height. Pulling off the ground is the crux, but the pitch will hold your attention all the way to the anchor.

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A standard Lumpy rack (the bolts were replaced with Fixe wedge bolts, stainless steel 3/8" x 2 3/4") on 9-13-03.

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