In a nod to the onslaught of sand throughout this route rather than the nefarious hobbies of our commander in chief, this route tackles the attractive and obvious crack system in a left facing dihedral about 20ft to the right of Golden Child. Scramble atop a detached block and venture through some rotten rock towards the double finger cracks and obvious hand crack. Follow the crack through a hanging chimney and some sandy wide sections to a stellar left leaning hand crack above that goes from #3's to #2's at the end and a two bolt anchor.

The second offwidth/chimney section has some loose blocks that may need to be cleaned. This is a very sandy route and has a fair amount of loose rock, so take care, bring a big rack, and check this thing out, it's wild!

Golden Showers

Golden Child

There is a tricky move past a drilled piton before you can get into the crack itself. The rock above and a bit to the right of the piton seems to be the best way to go. You can get a #3 Camalot in to the right above a little ledge. Once in the dihedral you can place one more #3, then it is #2's for the next 70'. about 20' from the top the crack narrow's a little to #1's, and then .75's just before the anchors. There are some features on the wall to give your feet a break. This is an awesome crack, but to this point it does not look like it has seen much traffic. It could still use some cleaning up.

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Routes in Golden Child Area