Start in opposing sidepulls at head height.  Crank up to a poor left hand crimp, toe in hard and grab a slightly better right hand crimp.  Re-set and reach with the left hand to a good sidepull.  The crux next move can be done two ways, drive-by up and left with the right hand for the jug, or crimp a bad gaston and go with the left hand.  From the jug the moves ease off but your getting high.  Traverse right past Choss Training to get to the top. 

  Considered a difficult tick for the grade.

Sign of The Choss

Choss Training

Hershey's Symphony

Diaphanous Sea

The Rhino

Classic low angle face climbing up a left leaning crack / flake.  The first moves are probably the hardest, but best to be solid before going too high on this one.

Start matched in a nice hueco and make a big move up and left to another good hueco.  Set up and dyno up and right for a good jug and top out the easy finish.  Don't try any of the other crimps and small features on this problem as they'll break right off.

Diaphanous is a classic Hueco testpiece climbing out a steep ironrock wall on incut crimps. Start on an obvious low incut and make a few moves to a dyno and a good flake. Finish up the V5 above.

There are a variety of right hand starting holds used for this one, probably attributing to the range of proposed grades from V10-V12. Apparently the lower hold broke, justifying the higher right hand start & stand start (seen in most videos online)? It definitely still goes from what is left down low (there's both a slopey pocket and a crimp), and doesn't feel unreasonable. Regardless, it's a sit start!Update (9/20): In the new Kehl/Wilder book, it's given V11 and stated to use the slopey pocket for your right hand.

Mainly known for the classic hard problems Terremer V15, Terre de Sienne V14, and Diaphanous Sea V12, this area also has a few OK moderates and a classic V1 Hershey's Symphony. 

  For a video of Dave Graham Climbing Terre De Sienne see climbingnarc.com/2007/12/vi…

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Routes in Sign of the Choss