Layback up a clean left facing corner (1.5 friends) to the roof. Stem out the roof and pull tricky moves into ofwidth crack above the roof. Climb up the now right facing corn above to another roof passed on the left and finish in the final corner with fingers (yellow TCU).
Rivals BBQ Bomber and Citizen Cane for best 5.11 in the Swell. Rarely climbed, despite its proximity to the road.
Location
Left of the aid lines (e.g. Vertical Smile). Find this route and Street Legal in a cool alcove with a huge leaning block on the right. Park as for Private Pizza and traverse up and left to the route.
Protection
Good amount of 1.5 friends, with quite a few thin hands pieces and cups pieces. At least one wide piece is nice above the crux (#5 friend). New rap bolts make for a smooth double rope rap. couple of OW pieces are nice
I am glad it got posted, too. To clear the question mark on the FA info, yes it was most definitely first climbed by the late great Dave Anderson, the original founder of hard crack climbs in the Swell. All the "Food Fighter" series climbs (by Dave) throughout the Swell seem pretty classic and worthy....BBQ Bomber, Mean Weaner, Short Stack, Private Pizza, Burgerdier General, etc!
Vertical Smile Wall
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