Harder Than it Looks is located approximately 10 feet left of Mark of the Beast. Follow a line of four bolts (the first one was hard to see from the ground, I was right on top of it before I knew it was there) up the center of the slab, basically paralleling the first pitch of Mark of the Beast. Once again there is no real crux, just fun climbing in the 5.6 realm throughout. Rappel the route with a pair of ropes.
Protection
Four or five quickdraws and something for the anchor (two bolts with rap links).
There are three pitches to this route. The second goes up and over the flake and is protected by several quick draws that lead to a two bolt anchor. The third pitch is unprotected low angle slab that leads to a pair of anchor bolts.
By Stan Jones From: Benbrook, TX Nov 2, 2009 rating: 5.6
There are no bolts at the top of P3. See the description of Easier Than It Looks - it shares P2 and P3 with HTIL.
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