This route follows the left side of a large well attached flake below a roof. The route ascends a rightward diagonaling corner into a flared hand crack. It may seem strange for a hand crack to be bolted. After the first couple of jams a nice layback edge appears in the right side of the crack. This forms a very large flake that is only about one foot thick. Placing gear in this crack would not be a good idea if one had to test it...Hence the bolts. Make sure to climb it before you condemn it.
I personally don't think the crack on this route needed to be bolted. It's like many crack routes where the gear might be thought provoking but definitely not impossible. However, I can understand why there are bolts on the upper, non-crack section of the route since there are few places to put good pro.
West Face
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