With a little more cleaning this one will probably get 4 stars as well. 

  On the inside corner to the left of Way of the Samurai locate the low pinch brick and start matched here to start. 

  Travel directly up from the brick through thinner holds to the juggier rail. Work past the vertical, awesome pinch halfway up the face and gain the nicer right facing jugs toward the top. Top out with ease.

Shaolin Style

Southern Fist

Way of the Samurai

Risk Reward

This line is more dangerous than it is difficult, so choose wisely. The climbing is pretty good, although hidden and is a tight corridor. When on the opposite side of the tunnel (squeeze through the tight tunnel between Katana and Samurai, this is the outside corner above the "death block" on the Samurai Boulder). 

  Look for the long vertical crack that ends at about ten feet. Stand start and climb this crack. Continue directly to the dirty ledge above. Find your way off the boulder to the right and walk off the Katana Boulder

Its difficult to describe how classic this highball thriller is so I wont try to hype it up beyond this. Just trust that it deserves every star! 

  Stand start matched on the jug just left of the tall arete (to the right of Way of the Samurai). 

  Flow up the copious jugs that litter the gorgeous face along the left edge of the arete. At about the 20ft mark the last three moves become thinner. Keep it together to gain the glorious flat top and jug pinch to top out.

While the true difficulty of this highball is likely more of a V1, it is full value in every way, with the last move being the crux. Sit start at the bottom jug on the center of the gorgeous face. Follow sculpted in-cut rail jugs, pockets, and long, large crimps to higher jug rails. At the top, near 20ft, get high feet and lock off the last high rail to bump past a higher thin crimp to grab the flat top. Match the top lip and bump back to the deep in-cut. Get a high left foot and press over to scramble off left.

Huge. This megalith is larger than life. This is an awesome little cluster a ton to do.

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Routes in Samurai Boulder