Birthday Brushings 5.7+ G / 5.6 PG-13

Interesting and varied climbing throughout the first pitch.

APPROACH: Follow directions towards Road to Lhasa, but cut across the woods to a descending ramp (passing start of What's Up Yankee's "ugly" corner) and make a tricky 4-5 ft descent down a slab, then hike up and left 20-25 ft gaining the ledge at the base of Birthday Brushings (and 25-30 ft left, the start of Lucky Charms) [See Topo of base area of this part of the cliff posted to Lucky Charms] Alternately, from the "Base Area" around "Pillars of Dickulese" via the pointed boulder and the "Lucky Charms" ledge. (Topo posted to "Lucky Charms")

START- About 20 ft right of "Lucky Charms", or roughly half way between the starts of "What's Up Yankee?" and "Lucky Charms" is a blocky buttress-like formation about 20 ft high. (See Topo) Brushed rock and a bolt are visible above.

P1 - Climb the blocky formation (photo) [ about 5.6, small wires helpful, nearly zero placements for cams]. At the bolt, go straight up [Var.] (about 5.7+, and height dependent) to the left-facing flake, up this nearly to the top (med cams). Step right, then up to the shallow right-facing corner (green Alien-sized TCU down low) then left-ish on a dike-like intrusion (2nd bolt) to a jug. Step left and up easy slab 30-40 ft to the bolted belay/rap station. 120-125 ft 5.7+ [ 115 ft, (35m) to rap]

Variation - A few feet left of the first bolt the slab goes about a grade or two easier.

P2 - Directly up the slab (bolt about 50 ft up.) Above that, a rounded flake on the right offers a gear opportunity. Exit to a vegetated ledge (The slab's exit footholds were brushed in 2014, and remain clean in 2017), make one move on rock to the pine tree anchor above. 110 ft 5.3-5.4 R

Descent - Rap the route with two ropes or with a single FULL LENGTH 70 meter.  It is possible (but not recommended) to rap the lower rap of Birthday Brushings with a single 60m, but you must swing 20-25 ft right and land at a multi-trunked tree.

Tiny to small wire nuts for the opening moves, small-med TCU and Med. Cams.