Peter Dillon contemplating the crux step left on t...
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The Table Top area can be logically said to begin on the left with Mind Mantle Arete. Begin in the corner system just right of the detached pillar. The East face/arete is MMA. Start off a ledge to get the first clip and begin to angle left for the arete. Above the second clip, one has the choice to move right for 5.10 or stay with the arete for 5.11. Either way gives a solid route on very good stone. Most things are obvious, but staying with arete requires a bit more hunting for the holds.
I thought that the arete was easier than the face, the only hard part on it was right above the third clip (or maybe the second clip). The face was thin as shit and I found myself hooking back over to the arete to spare myself of the Elvis Leg.
10c IMHO if one starts up the crack, then steps left to the arete. Watch out for the large chockstone to the right of the route, between bolts one and two. It looks very poised to go, and is very tempting to stand on. If our gear wasn't strewn around the bottom of the climb, I would have kicked it a few times as I was rapping down.
Table Top Area
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