Williams describes 2 pitches, but P2 is rarely done and contains some lichen. Most people rap or do P1 as a TR in conjunction with P1 of Raunchy and Wild Horses. Routefinding can be an issue because P2 traverses quite a bit. I have not climbed P2, so cannot describe it accurately. See the Williams' guide for a complete description.
P1 - The original start was from the right edge of the small ledge with a tree; however, better climbing is had by starting from the ground and that is the way the climb is now described in the Williams' Guide.
Begin on the face/arete at the far right edge of the Raunchy/Wild Horses thin start, in a small alcove created by a corner.
Climb the face, angling left to the corner and a small rooflet. Traverse right a bit (moving past the thin crack of Wild Horses in the center of the thin white face) to the far right crack in that face. Climb up the crack (crux, sequency), then continue up easier rock past several horizontals to a nice ledge. Set up a driectional, then traverse left to the pine tree belay/rap.
Watch for wasps at the last stance/horizontal before the belay ledge.
Location
Same as for Raunchy and Wild Horses, on a thin face about 50 feet past the obvious large block that contains the "Mantle" climbs.
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