A beautiful line with amazing, flowing movement and anchors that are guarded by a cryptic and extremely hard boulder problem. This one is well worth getting on- if you're hanging your draws, bring two long slings- one for the anchor and one for the last pro bolt, both are hard to clip. 

  Start up right of Rappin Boys off a small ledge aiming for the beautiful orange corner above. Jazzmatazz goes straight up (there's a 5.12+ variation that goes left after a few bolts), traversing left, then back right into the obvious upper corner. A burly crux guards the anchor (be prepared to whip a few times figuring it out).  

  If you're looking for an even tougher challenge, this route holds a super long extension that clocks in at 5.13b and goes almost to the top of the cliff.

Jazzmatazz

Deluge

Cut Your Hair Sister

Grandma Beth

Bloodline

Rappin Boyz

Blue Man

The middle of the route climbs some pleasantly textured rock that has plenty of options for feet. A few feet before the final roof is a standing rest where you can fully recover before heading into the roof. Clipping the anchor can be a challenge since there is only one obvious hold to clip from and the feet are not obvious.This route is probably a letter grade easier than Jazzmatazz, even if you climb off-route from Jazzmatazz to take the standing rest before the crux.

Clip bolts up a thin, water grooved slab of nice blue limestone. The crux comes when the texture changes to smooth white patina just before the mantel to the anchor ledge.

A few feet right of the blue streak of "Blue Man".  

  I did this one a while ago and forget whether we just went to the first anchor, or up to the second.

Bloodline is the first route ever to be climbed at The Hood. Begin on the cheater stones and power your way through the low crux on bad feet and tricky holds to a good vertical slot. Move up through the pod and make your way right through good pockets and fun movement.

Scramble up to a ledge past the alcove right of Cut Your Hair Sister. From here climb a smooth groove past two bolts. Juke left for another four bolts on great pockets to the first anchor in an alcove.

The first route on the far right of South Central.  

  Guidebook lists as 5.6, so that's how I put it in but thought it was pretty "sandbagged" ...5.7+ / 5.8 or so, IMO.  

  Climb bolts up to the lower off.

South Central is the large face in between the Pine Tree Ledge and the Souls cave. This wall catches sun from early morning until early afternoon and is loaded with quality 12's and 13's. South central is more vertical than most of the other well-known areas at The Hood.

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Routes in South Central