Located just right of Motherlode (5.11b) and 10' left of Psychedelic Sluice (5.6), a low-angled, splitter hand crack.
Climb a vertical, black face with edges up and left past three bolts to a ledge, then continue up the slab above past two more bolts to a difficult crux that's not especially fun. Once past the crux, one more bolt of easy climbing leads to the top. It's possible to combine the lower half of this route with the upper half of Motherlode to get a fun, well-protected 5.10 route. It's also possible to combine the lower half of Motherlode with the upper portion of this route to get a thin, crimpy 5.11 route.
This was one of the first routes on the wall and originally had four bolts (the 2nd, 3rd, 5th and 6th) and no anchors, but was later retrobolted to make it a better protected - unfortunately the crux remains unappealing.
By Bill Olszewski From: Colorado Springs, CO Jun 16, 2007
We TR'd this a couple seasons ago. Great vertical 5.10 crimps down low and blank slab up high. I thought the crux was passing the first bolt on the slab? (4th bolt)
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