Perplexity

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.

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.

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