Enigma is the line just left of Tattoo. It features powerful and thought provoking movement on mostly good rock. The crux involves long powerful reaches and technical footwork. Perhaps the main quality of this clean line is that its one of the more natural routes at the Quarry. Enigma is probably a step up in difficulty from Tattoo and Gypsy.

Enigma

Tattoo

Megalomania

Control Freak

Gypsy

A few tricky moves off the ground lead to a powerful boulder problem at the 3rd clip. After passing this hard section you get a decent rest at the 5th bolt. A technical vertical headwall of small crimps builds your pump for a few bolts with some cruxy moves at a bulge. The climbing eases up for a while before a final crux just below the anchors.

A few reachy moves off the ground allow access to an ok rest. The middle of the route starts with a tricky crux and follows with sequential climbing. After an optional rest ledge out right continue up the face. Once an undercling is reached high on the route you are faced with the final crux. Sort out this final sequence and you are clipping the anchors.

Sequential climbing leads over the initial bulge. After a good rest at  the 5th bolt work through bad holds and a tricky crux. A quick shake leads to a powerful deadpoint crux. A few remaining thin moves lead to a no hands rest. A few more bolts of 11+ climbing lead to the anchor.

This is an awesome line. It goes up one of the cleaner sections of wall at the Quarry. Its hard to give a crux. It's very sustained for the first 40 or 50 feet. It really hard around the 7th or 8th bolt so I'd have to say thats the crux. After that it gets less steep and more holds appear. One more cruxy section will lead you the anchors. Currently there are fixed draws on this route.

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