Stand start with two bad pockets just above head high. Place your right foot high on a pebble just above the lip. Lever up on your foot, and reach for a left hand gaston. Figure out the thin face, aiming for the big pocket way up high.

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Sit start just left of

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at the far right side of the obvious jug rail. Ride it out to the left eventually getting to pockets and then a small crimp just left of the seam. Decipher the short crux, and top out on good holds. Again, the crux is short, but you arrive to it with a little pump. This is a good warm-up.

This sit start adds several tenuous moves that make this route pretty cool.

Sit start with your left hand in a bad pocket just above the lip and your right hand on a slopey crimp low on the right side of the arete. Get a left heelhook, and work some magic to get established into the stand start position. The way I do it involves a cruxy highstep to the lip after a few moves.

Stand start just left of the arete. Find a right hand on the arete and a right foot just above the lip. Make one or two moves up to a good hold high on the arete. Finish with an easy topout.

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