This is a great route and a bit different than some of the other steep routes at Charleston in that it is crimpier than others, and doesn't seem to have as many pockets.  Start up easy ramp and then head up through steep pumpy enduro climbing.

Urban Decay

Friction Addiction

Finger Injection

Touch of Grey

Infected

Ghetto Booty

Molotov Cocktail

Infectious Groove

Fresh Start

Infectious Booty

Gorillas in the Mist

Short Dog

Higher Power

Ghetto Boyz

Do-Do Love

Infecto

Go up and left, past closely spaced bolts, then back to the right on a a flake. Finish on Urbagn Decay.

Spot B1 from the base and choose just about any area to start from.  Proceed up low angle terrain with great hand holds and good, grippy feet, and past B1.  Continue up through the bolts on good holds and feet.

Popular, fun warmup for the harder stuff that remains interesting and unique, though it can feel pretty greasy near the crux.

Fun, straighforward climbing with a hold or two that seem highly manufactured. Don't traverse right under the tree-go higher to the true anchors, which are not obvious.

Climb Ghetto Boyz - at the 6th bolt, move up and right to a bolt. Go up and angle left at the 11th bolt to the anchors.

Climb easy terrain to B1.  Up slightly more challenging moves to B2 (old Leeper hanger).  Proceed up another 20' to the bolted anchor.  This wouldn't be a good route to fall on.

Climb Infectious Groove. At the last bolt, move left and connect with the finish of Ghetto Booty.

Climb and traversing right for 4 bolts then up past a smooth hueco.

After the 3rd bolt, continue right to the 3rd bolt of Short Dog. Continue past the another bolt and then to the anchors of Gorillas in the Mist.

Climb up for 15 feet, then head left up the groove to its end. Finally continue up the smooth-looking headwall.  This route always stays dry...

So-so climb up a slab around the corner from Finger Injection.

The Infectious Cave is named after the route, Infectious Groove, an overhanging pocketed 5.13b, that takes a left to right diagonal line up the center of the cave. There is a companion 5.13c counter-diagonal line moving right to left called Ghetto Boyz. The cave is sheltered from the sun for most of the day, and contains a handful of quality routes.

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Routes in The Infectious Cave / Slab