Bridges over Troubled Water 

This is a great, long route. The start is high quality 5.8 to 5.9 climbing with really pleasant liebacking up some huge flakes. I found that the route has two distinct cruxes. The first involves some creative offwidth climbing through a very narrow dihedral. The second is the last 15 feet of the route and requires a few bouldery moves using the crack splitting the middle of a beautiful dihedral and an arete off to the right with precise footwork.

For the lead, I broke the route into two pitches after running out of gear to protect the final crux. I belayed at the base of the offwidth leading to the final crux.

Protection: Doubles of mid-range cams. A #4 is helpful. Other than that, a standard rack is sufficient. Off-width pro is not necessary.

Doesn't the pic of "Sam" in the final dihedral look a whole heck of a lot like the end of Scars and Tripes?

I agree, Bryan your description sounds awful like Scars and Tripes and the picture looks like the top of Scars and Tripes as well (compare the boulders at the bottom). Travis -- thanks for pointing this out.

Climbed it this weekend. I agree with Travis and Kris about the picture and description on Scars and Tripes(a classic IMO).

Anyway to the dirt. This route is not 180 ft. Or atleast I highly recommend not climbing the first 80 ft. Absolute choss. Was ripping things off above and below me as I climbed.

The top 100 ft are definately worth doing and clean. The final dihedral is a doozy.

Lower down 100 ft (+/-) to the obvious ledge and start there.