The Mushroom 

An excellent route, I would give it 2 stars. We did it in 2 pitches, rapping once from top with double 60m ropes. Pitch 1 to the slings at the top of the pinnacle measured out close to 100', and pitch 2 was around 60-70'. A few stoppers and tri-cams came in handy.

Check out the large block which looks to be precariously balanced more or less directly above and slightly to the left of this route and then think twice about doing it on a windy day!

It has definitely cleaned up a bit in the last few years. The last moves are airy and exciting for a 5.8!

Just finished climbing this route today when it was almost 100 deg. out and the river running fairly strong as we crossed it in our shoes. It may have been a little more exciting crossing the river than climbing this route but it's hard to turn down a bolted 160' climb! We found the crux to be getting to the 1st bolt and possibly some move up on the second pitch (we climbed the route as one pitch). On the second pitch there is a rather loose block that you use to pass the steep section. Something to think about when yarding on it. Worth a visit and possibly not quite 5.8. Oh, and I really can't see why anyone is placing gear on this route except for practice.

No loose rocks or sketchy rock encountered. No need for gear either, not that there's much opportunity to place much either.

As others have pointed out, this route has cleaned up nicely and is most likely a two-star route.

Someone replaced the slings on the top of pitch 1 with a two-bolt anchor. Unfortunately, they positioned the bolts incorrectly (you want to use a vertical orientation, not a horizontal orientation, when placing an anchor that is perpendicular to the direction of the rappel). As configured now, almost all the force from the rappel is loaded onto only one of the bolts.

Also, it would have been nice for the bolts to be stainless steel rather than plated hardware. The difference in cost between plated and stainless steel wedge bolts is under $1.00.