Type: Trad, 80 ft (24 m)
FA: John Steiger, Ray Ringle 1983
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Shared By: adrian montaño on Jun 19, 2023
Admins: adrian montaño, Greg Opland, Brian Boyd, JJ Schlick, Kemper Brightman, Luke Bertelsen

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The crack system right of the huge downward-pointing flake on the left side of the wall. 

Same year & FA as Castles.

Starts down & right of a small tree ~15 feet up. Tricky pro through step-like ledges with increasingly interesting movement brings you to an aesthetic but hollow flake halfway to the diagonal cracks up high. A fall onto this gear has the potential to explode the flake (I'd use stoppers instead of cams). Super fun but committing moves lead to another smaller & thinner flake below the mantle to a stance underneath the undercling traverse just below the cracks. 

Reach high to place a bomber gold offset, then step up into the airy traverse dancing along small feet, making long reaches in between awesome fingerlocks. A long move to the next crack that makes up the "Gift Block" leads to sinker hand jams & casual climbing left to the ledge with a tree to your right. (~ 80 feet) 

Do not clip the mussy hook lower off chain for Africa Flake, continue right on the ledge until reaching a two bolt anchor to rap & clean.

Pitch one is worth doing. Pitch two climbs the short 5.9 dihedral above this tree to a walk off.

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Right of the huge downward-pointing flake on the left side of the wall, ends straight up from said flake.

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Singles #0-#2
Full range of stoppers, brass & micro
Runners

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