Knife Blade Arete

So much fun!

I saw this in an old topo listed as an unnamed problem described as "an overhanging knife blade arete" so I listed it as such in the name. The topo described it as v4 by climbing just the upper arete section. Starting matched down low adds some difficulty and several fun moves.

Start matched, underclinging opposing holds where the low roof comes to a point under the bottom belly of the boulder (feet on the base block). Reach out to the lip, then back out and low to compress. Work up along the smooth arete lip and mantle over at the further flat section to top out.

The first cluster of boulders you see from the parking at Moonstone

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