Starting with holds on the feature to the left of the see through hole. Traverse right through the sloping rail to the last good hold then move straight up to dish with a good pinch on it's left side. Then traverse the lip out left to get the crucial left hand pocket. Go straight up the arete with trickery and power endurance. There is a key sloper up high and good texture out left in the black rock. With plenty of pads the rock at your back isn't a problem.

Washburn Effect

Shock and Awe

Rhino Syndrome Direct (V2) and Rhino Syndrom sds (V3)

The Shield

Starts on a cool undercling and works through 2-3 roof problems before coming out onto the face.

Located in between The Shield and Shock and Awe.  Similar in difficulty to The Shield with same topout as The Shield.

There is a vague shield-like protrusion of harder rock on the southern face of the Spore, which is how to locate this climb. Use various sustained sidepulls to crank up over this bulge. The topout is a little loose. 

  This route is the easiest to identify on this boulder, and probably has the most sustainable rock. There are some interesting routes to the right of this where there is evidence of holds breaking.

The Spore offers some steeper problems than its neighbor Smith Family Boulders, however, the rock is much looser and holds are breaking off on some of the established problems. Despite this fact, there continue to be some decent problems to work on this boulder. A loss of a hold only makes it more of a challenge, right?

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Routes in The Spore