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Jul 11, 2022: "Salsa for the soul" was renamed "Salsa for the Sole".

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Matt Looby
Jul 11, 2022
Route Name: Salsa for the Sole

Matt Looby
Jul 11, 2022
Description Suggestion

So, hopefully, this is the correct route, anybody feel free to correct me if I am wrong.  The guidebook shows three routes to the left of Poposer Cowboy past the big rotten crack system with Salsa for the Sole being the first of these three routes.  I looked and didn't see any route between this one and Poposer Cowboy, so I think what I am describing is Salsa for the Sole, but the photo in the guidebook for that route looks further right of what I am describing, hence my confusion.  This route starts up an easy pocketed slab (a bit dirty with lots of sand in the pockets) until you get to a bulge where the real climbing starts.  Surmount this bulge using some shallow 1 1/2 or 2 finger pockets to a nice clipping pocket below the steep headwall with a crack through it.  The crux is getting through this crack, but don't expect crack climbing skills to help you too much.  From the good pocket reach high to a sidepull/pinch/crimp then pull through to a chockstone in the crack that  you can use to clip the next bolt.  From there, The crack heads left, gets wider, and the difficulty eases up significantly to the anchors.  

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