Pitch 1a: Begin just left of Botonga, solo up easy rock and place a yellow & green Alien in a diagonal crack. Climb past 2 bolts (5.9) to a 2-bolt anchor.
Pitch 1b: Climb the line just left of pitch 1a following 3 bolts (5.9) to the same anchor.
When lowering off pitch 1a or 1b, keep the rope out of the notch between the two routes or it will shred your rope.
Pitch 2: Move right past the anchor for Botonga and wonk your way straight up placing the gear until the bolts are reached. Crux (5.8) is the short traverse right at the 2nd bolt.
With belly to the bolts, the left hand variation felt fairly hard (.10c?) to me; I'm 5'8" and I hung, [but avoided the crack to the left]. I was expecting easier....
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