The crux of this route is at the bottom near the first two bolts. The first bolt is easy to clip off a large jug at the top of the overhang.  The first ascentionists call the start a "boulder problem", and I would have to agree.  You have to clip the second bolt off of a small hold, and it feels a bit insecure.  The route above the first two bolts is about 5.8 in difficulty and is very fun.  Every time it looks hard a good hold seems to appear.

Into the Black

Top Dawg

Fleas and Ticks

Beer for Life

Stray Cat

Old Dogs

Out of the Blue

New Tricks

The Purrrfect Puppy

This is to commemorate the end of a long standing collaboration of my wife with a local brewery. At meeting a few days before we put this route up, she was given a "Beer for Life" card.  Thanks, Kim and Jodi.

To the left of "

Into the Black

", 20 feet up the ramp, step off a rock spike, follow bolts to a slightly overhanging headwall followed by a steep bulge.

This is a 2nd pitch to the

The Purrrfect Puppy

or

Stray Cat

.

I'm posting it separate to avoid consensus grade confusion.  I don't want to scare anyone away from the first pitch, since it's so fun and easy.

From the anchor of either route mentioned, scramble up to a big ledge.  Clip the first bolt as you start up the steepening headwall.  Steep rock and jugs lead to a tricky mantel at the 3rd bolt. The last bolt protects a crux lip encounter. Right above the overhang is another nice ledge and the anchor.

Follow the black bolts and jugs over a v-shapped notch in the right side of a wide overhang. Head up a rounded arête angling slightly to the left. Watch out for the runout between the 4th and 5th bolt (a bolt has been added, no need for gear now). There is another fun overhang at the 7th bolt. 2 more clips lead to a nice stance and the anchor.

A 5.6 ish 2nd pitch can be climbed on gear. It's fun and well-protected with a single set of cams up to a #4. You can head over to the Out of the Blue anchor to get down.

The big roof left of pitch one has been toproped, maybe 11a? It's filthy but fun.

This climb is on the right on the cliff. The first bolt is above a large roof. This bolt seems a bit high at first, but the climbing is easy up to it. The crux is about 3/4s of the way up where the wall steepens. The rock quality deteriorates a little at the crux. Hopefully holds don't come off in the future.

This route has two distinct but dissimilar cruxes: the overhang at the first bolt and the face moves at the last bolt. Enjoyable face climbing on large holds is found between the two cruxes.

This route starts at the right side of a left-angling ramp of black rock. Scramble up the ramp, and clip the bolt on the lip of the overhang. Proceed up and slightly right past four bolts then back slightly left past three more bolts.

The route name comes from the fact that the combined ages of the two members of the FA team is 130+ years. They have enjoyed a 40+ year climbing partnership.

The first pitch has decent holds most of the way.  It gets steep about halfway up in an area with small holds.  The first anchor is just above a good belay ledge.  The second pitch is certainly easier.  There is an area covered with lichen near the top which looks hard, but some great holds are hidden in the lichen.  The top anchor is on a big ledge.

This enjoyable route climbs a steep face on big holds and is a great link-up with other routes on this wall. It's steeper than it looks.

The Purrrfect Puppy is the 3rd bolted line from the right. It looks a little junky from the ground, but it is actually really fun. The bottom is still a little dirty, but it should clean up nicely. The top 2/3 is on clean, featured rock.

Puppy now has a 2nd pitch:

Top Dawg

.

I posted it separate from this route so the consensus grade wouldn't make people think this pitch is harder.

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