Like fist jamming? If so, this route's for you. Awkwardly ease into the crack from the right and commence jamming. Be ready to place gear as the crack is somewhat slick. Once beyond the fistcrack (crux), continue up into the flaring pod utilizing the generous horizontals and ledges. At the large chockstone, move left out onto the face and up into the left-leaning crack/flake. Layback and jam to the top!
Location
From Fern Point ladders, go left through corridor past Mellifluous, Freeky Stylee, Biohazard, Party All The Time. At the next corner/dihedral, look for a couple of fist and off-width cracks. (A ledge, halfway up the right crack, maintains a large stick bird's nest...with white sh*t streaks oozing down the rock.) Smooth Operator is the fist crack LEFT of this (see photo).
Protection
Small-med-large. #4 Friends for initial fistcrack. Optional #5 and/or #6 Friend(s) for the top.
No anchors. (There should be for this quality route.) Rap from tree with 60m rope.
Fun route that is nowhere near as burly as it looks from below. And no offwidth technique is required; you can leave the #5 and #6 behind.
I placed two #4 camalots (one low and one high). But I didn't bring a #6 and I didn't need the #5 I hauled up. I just dumped the #5 in the flake up high to get rid of the weight.
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