Sit start in the right-facing crack. Drive-by left hand to a blocky sloper. Mover your right hand to the arete. Then use your ninja skills to throw a blind flying toe hook around the corner. Use a bad sloper and a small crimp to turn the corner and get a hand-toe-hook match. Top out on good holds.

Somber Thoughts

Burning Planets (Project)

This is a more direct finish to

Somber Thoughts

. It is a little contrived.

Start as for

Somber Thoughts

, but after gaining the arete pinch with the right hand, bump right hand to a BAD sloper, and then bump again to a bad crimp at full extension. Make a left hand heel match and move to a decent left hand crimp. Top out.

Per

Trycycle

: start as for

Somber Thoughts

. Climb straight up on the pinch and sidepull edges to the sloping slot and an easy topout.

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