This route is dangerous and should not be attempted by the faint of heart.   You have to make a move that would be extremely difficult to reverse before you get the first piece in. yikes :( Getting to the first bolt I lost my nerve and lowered off. (booty) Good Luck.

Cold Blue Steel

Dog Police

The Soloist Crack

This is a great route!!!   I am sure it would see lots of traffic if it were a little easier to get to, or surrounded by lots of other great climbs.   There is a little bit of everything, perfect hands, wide fingers, fingers, really thin fingers, few face moves, couple slopers, it has it all.   Almost all of it is on great rock, a tiny bit sandy in places but in all really very good and solid.

I bought a Soloist from Wren Industries around 1985 and after a few practice routes, I went up to this crack and climbed it.

This small collection of climbs face east, they receive sun early in the day.   

  Some of these climbs (especially Dog Police) are quite well protected from the usual down canyon winds.   

  I am almost positive that if you head out here you will have the place to yourself, it is a bit of a walk, some of the rock is suspect, but Dog Police at least is well worth the work if you want to try something well off the beaten path.

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Routes in East Face(aka Dependent Variable Area)