Not Bosched Up

A bold, exhilarating route up some fairly solid rock, this one may have you screaming "mommy!"

Not Bosched Up

is the test-piece moderate of

Tower Two

. Put up around the dawn of heavy, rap-bolting, the FA certainly

kept it real

. As committing as it is bare, this line requires a solid head and creative gear placements, expect long run outs and marginal to no protection. I don't know where you draw the line between R and X, but a slight breeze my blow this one more towards the latter.

Route finding is also a crux, so here's some direction: Begin about 5-7 feet right of

Radiation Babies

on a solid, black slab. Start with a long, strenuous, run out up a small dihedral feature, and aim for a thin, shallow crack. Continue up the weakness and break left of the wall's first roof. Climb up a steep face to a small ledge and rest. Continue up the face using pockets, passing a hidden "Hallelujah" pin and work towards the middle of the upper roof. Its here where you'll find the routes best protection, so use em' if you got them! Skirt left across the slab (crux) and gain the route's final thrutch up a broken dihedral to the tower's top. The rock deteriorates the higher you go, but you'll find best climbing and stone if you continue straight up. Building a belay at the top of the tower is not recommended, set a directional and traverse left to the belay of

Social Realism

.

Multifaceted, you'll probably spend a good amount of time on this line. With difficult route finding and some questionable rock,

Not Bosched Up

is a very slow lead, bring a patient belayer and plenty of confidence.

Not Bosched Up

is found about 20 feet up Tower 2 on the gulley's right side. Its the first swatch of solid, black rock you come too. The route starts in the left-side weakness just below a shallow dihedral/mini roof feature and is about 5 feet left of the start for

From Trilobites to Lycra Tights

Three pins and a single rack up to 4 inches with stoppers. Bring a large selection of long draws, slings and maybe even a few double runners. The protection at the roof is far right of the climbing, so use two runners or a double runners to reduce drag. The protection on this line is minimum at best and hard to read, use your imagination.