This route was recommended to me by Nathaniel as one to try whenever I got
around to doing Tax Man. I'm glad I did, as it was excellent! Interestingly,
even though this route is largely a slab, and was first climbed in traditional
style (ground up, bolts placed on lead), it's still considered a sport climb in
the guidebook. True, the crux sections probably aren't the slab parts, and the
bolts are closer together than on most "traditional" slab routes, but it still
had a very traditional feel to it. For example, between each little cruxy move
(and in particular at each bolt) there was a good rest (amazing, no hands,
standing on a huge foot-hold kind of rest in most cases). But the crux bits
were definitely tricky, and I found them beta-intensive. I think I fell twice
on the first crux (the more technical crux, right at the start) and twice at
the second crux (the physical crux, just before the last bolt) before I figured
them out. Other than those, most of the route was slab, and some of it was
hard, but probably not harder than 10b/c. And once I figured them out, the
moves were just sweet. Seriously, this was a really fun route. This is one that
I'm pretty sure I could redpoint without much difficulty, if I went back in a
little while.