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Perplexity

Name: Perplexity
Rating: 2.0

5.9 YDS 5c French 17 Ewbanks VI UIAA 17 ZA HVS 5a British

Routes in Tomahawk Rocks

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	Axeman T,TR 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Beauty Slab T,TR 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Blue Nose T,TR 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Brave T,TR 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Cracked Diamond T,TR 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
	Escher's Stairs TR 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Ho-Chunk T,TR 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Jay's Jaunt T,TR 5.3 3+ 10 III 9 VD 3a
	McCord, The T,TR 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Mohawk TR 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Perplexity T,TR 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Puzzlement T,TR 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Sudoku TR 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Teepee T,TR 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Thick as a Brick T,TR 5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a
	Tomahawk Crack T,TR 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Uncrackola, The T,TR 5.4 4a 12 IV 10 VD 3c
	Winnebago T,TR 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c R

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Type:	Trad, TR, 35 ft (11 m)
FA:	unknown
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Shared By:	Phil S on Jul 30, 2021
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Description

If you were puzzled by Puzzlement to the left, you may be perplexed by this one. Difficult climbing at the bottom makes you wonder about the 5.9 rating, especially just above the overhang. But it leads to some interesting climbing on thin holds on the upper half.

The guidebooks don't say anything about whether the left or right corners are off. Although it seems like cheating using either corner, it still is no cake-walk.

This is an unnamed 5.9 route in the guidebooks.

Location

Located near the south end of the Tomahawk buttress (not counting the separate small wall 80 ft south of here.) It is the face with a couple shallow roofs between the off-width crack (Puzzlement) and the sharp corner on the right (Mohawk). An access route from the East Bluff trail can be found just south of the sharp corner.