This is a really fun route to the left of Scuttle.  Easier face climbing through the opening moves to some small crack features with a few big moves on thin feet (crux), and then on to easier ground for the finish.

Autumn Fire

And God Created All Men Equal

Know Fear

Hayduke Shrugged

Good Morning

Seldom Seen

Peatoidal Membranes

Finger Lichen Good

Unspecified hand crack (?)

Wapsuck Direct

Green Snake

Witchy Way

Death by Abunga

Seneca Samurai

Guillotine

Adrenaline

Snakebite

Praying Mantle

The Warlock

Summer Breeze

Scuttle

WAPSUCK  4

Discrepancy

Sunny Down Bulow

Angry Angles

Captain Hook

For Slab Rats Only

Dirty Rat

Some People

Dark Star

It ain't the meat, its the motion

R2D2

TIPS

Begin at an obvious finger-sized crack that splits the face at its highest point.  Climb crack to the top.  A lower slabs classic.

Climb the large, inside right-facing corner to the large overhang.  Using horizontal cracks, pull the center of the roof.  The roof is a small body length.  Continue up a loose, easy, unprotected face to the top.

Climb to the bolt and up to a short right-facing corner.  There is a poor TCU placement in the corner and another bolt near the top.

Begin up the ramp on the left side of the corner that "R2D2" is located in for about 15 feet and then step left around the corner to clip the first bolt on the face. Go up through 2 more tightly spaced bolts (crux) dancing between the corner and the face. The route then lets up significantly in difficulty, offering positive holds and high feet through 5 more bolts to a 2 bolt anchor. Lower off through quicklinks.

You can avoid the crux by moving about 5 feet to the right of the arete around the 2nd to 3rd bolt. Move back left to rejoin the line to top.  This lowers the grade to about 5.9.

Can be TR'ed from the bolts.

Move up the corner, past overhanging flakes.  Pull the overhang, then continue past a short chimney to a large tree at the top.

Crux is the first 20 feet, marginal gear on 5.6/5.7 climbing, don't fall through this section.

Climb the grungy chimney in the right-facing corner.  Step out right and pull the small overhang.  Continue up the face to the top.

Climb the crack and left-facing corner to the top.

Climb the flake.  Move up about 40 ft. to the end of the crack.  Continue up  blocky, lichen-covered face.  Turn the corner and finish by mantling a vegetated ledge. (45 ft)

This is really is a high boulder problem.

Climb the face to the right of the corner, intersecting the route at its midpoint.

Climb on thin edges past the three bolts and up to the placements for small to medium camming gear.  Pull the bulge and continue up easier ground to a tree.

Climb a large pedestal up the light colored face.  Follow the overhanging crack to the roof.  Pull the roof on its right side.

Climb the left to the pine tree.  Climb straight up a very shallow corner to the roof.  Move right at the roof, then up the corner to the top.

Climb the flake and short corner.  At the end of the corner move left to right facing corners.  Climb up the gaping guillotine shaped rock in the overlap.  Climb the left side of the rock and then up right on flakes.  Traverse right to a small pine.

Climb the shallow right-facing corner to an undercling.  Climb left and up a short left-facing corner.  From the top of the corner, move up and right toward a pine tree and the belay.

Climb the flake to the right of the tree until it ends.  Move left and climb the wall straight through the small overhangs and up to the pine tree on top.

Climb up and slightly right on loose flakes to a short right-facing corner.  Mover up and over the large flake, past a bush, and into right facing corners.  When the corners end, go up and left to the large pine tree.

Start at a small tree on a tiny ledge formed by the base of a right-faced flake./this climb is just left of the obvious finger crack of Discrepancy and 15 feet right of Membranes.  Pitch 1 climb the thin crack system.  Trend right a top to merge withthe more obvious Discrepancy.

Climb below the small overhang until it's possible to traverse left to the corner. Undercling (it flexes a bit) 15 ft across the face using polished feet. Guidebook says 'Steep, strenuous, continuous, and a little loose at the top."

Ascend the right-leaning corner to the top.

Climb the face just right of the corner.  Move past a bush then traverse right to another right-facing corner.  Move up this corner and around to the right of a thin right-facing flake.  Move straight up, passing the finish of PRAYING MANTLE.

Climb the steep face and the right edge to the top.  Thin, balancy face/slabby type climbing.

Move up the face to a right-facing corner and flake system.  Pull over the small overhang and then up to the top.

Climb the short hand-to- finger crack up the right facing corner.  Feels much easier than other Seneca 5.8's.

Climb the crack a few feet to the right of For Slab Rats Only, with two trees growing out of the crack. It is fun moves, but its rather licheny and dirty.

Just left of Summer Breeze.  Thin crack to rooflet on right and then straight up face past one bolt at around 60' to bolted anchor.

Climb the right-facing corner to a larger right-facing corner.  From the top of the second corner traverse up and right under roofs to a pine tree at the top.

Climb the left side of the corner using cracks and the narrow chimney with chock stones.

Climb the right side of the buttress, passing a tree about 15 feet on the way up.  Go up a short left facing corner, to a tree. Route is a bit chaussy throughout.  Near the top, either climb to the left of the block or shuttle around to the right side for easier climbing.

From the top of the pointed flake, move up the face for about 8 ft. to a undercling.  Move left and up to a small flakey crack.  Continue up the crack to a small overhang.  Move right and up a small right-facing corner to the top.

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