Bikini Wax 

FA:  Mike Ray, Mike Caldwell New Route:  Yes Type:  Trad, Sport Consensus:  5.12b [details] Length:  1 pitch, 90 feet Views: 250 page views Submitted By: J pee on Mar 24, 2006 Add Photo  Add Comment

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Season raptor closures MORE INFO >>> The following areas are closed from March 1-July 31 or until further notice: Checkerboard Rock Lightning Rock Batman Rock Batman Pinnacle Thunder Buttress The Parish Alligator Rock SheepMountain Twin Owls Rock One These closures include the named formations as well as areas extending 100 yards surrounding the base of the formation. The perimeter around Alligator Rock extends for 200 yards in all directions. Closures include all climbing routes, outcroppings, cliffs, faces, ascent and descent routes and climber access trails to the named rock formations. Check the park’s website at the address below for updated information on raptor closures. http://www.nps.gov/romo/planyourvisit/area_closures.htm Keeping climbing areas open and conserving the climbing environment

Description 

[I'm pretty sure this is the new route in between Facial Hair and Close Encounters. It starts just right of Facial Hair in a cool right-angling flake crack just left of the arete. The crack leads up to a neat bulge and a sloping ledge on which you step right into a deep flare with fists in the back. Hard moves exiting the flare deposit you at a horizontal break from which you climb straight up past new bolts with hard looking slabbin'. I've heard there's a bolt anchor up there too.]

Location 

[...pretty sure this is the new route in between Facial Hair and Close Encounters. It starts just right of Facial Hair, which is right of Gollum's Arch, in a cool right-angling flake crack just left of the arete.]