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BETA PHOTO: Route C is "Out of Darkness" Route D is "Slab Sac...
Description
A nice slab with a pleasant, flat belay stance under a shady group of scrub-oak. This will be appreciated on a warm day, as the sun directly blasts the rock here. It may not be appreciated on a colder day, however. It will also be welcome after the bush wacked scramble from the trail to the base of the slab. There are at least four named climbs on this crag, according to the online guidebook. To the far right is Slab Sacrilege, and just left of this, heading between two trees, is Out of Darkness.
DESCENT: Walk off for all routes on this formation.
Getting There
Getting up to this slab is a bushwhack any way you put it. There are a number of ways that you could probably get you there from the trail. We continued past the crag, taking a turn off to the left that ended with a dilapidated rock building structure, and then heading back west and up the hill toward the slab. Navigating the cacti, cholla, and other sharp unfriendly natives is the crux. There are faint foot trails that indicate that people have been there before, but nothing one would consider great.
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