Beaver Walks Into a Bar

This was originally going to be named "Beaver Fever" but some thought it vulgar, which is a shame because beavers are fascinating animals. So here is a beaver pun joke instead...

A beaver walks into a bar...

and he says: "OUCH! DAM IT!"

The end.

This is the direct finish to Clearcut Beaver 12a, another one of Tom Helvie's routes. Pull the overlap as for CCB but instead of traversing left to the juggy arete, go slightly right then follow the bolt line straight up. A thin technical boulder will lead you to a very juggy and smooth right-facing sidepull feature (possibly shared with Fear of the Facial 11a); after a slight run-out (easy climbing) top out to the same anchor as CCB.

Tom and I agreed that the line is slightly contrived (hence the 3-star rating), for at some point it will be tempting to escape left into CCB (at the last bolt, after the majority of the boulder crux) but I climbed the line hugging the bolted line, straight up the center of the face, and not using any features from the neighboring routes. This way it actually climbs very nicely and naturally, and I feel like it's around 13b but the route is more tricky than physical so I'm not sure. Get on it if you like dancing on your feet and death crimping, and kindly let me know how hard it feels.

Starts on Clear Cut Beaver.

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