Joe Pontiac

JP has interesting, steep climbing over a few bulges up to the anchors for

Three Minute Hero

. It is fairly lichen-covered, but it is a reasonably good warm up for the area. It felt stiff for the grade and may warrant a PG-13 rating- probably not a route for the .7 leader.

This is one route right from

Three Minute Hero

. The start is from a boulder wedged in the overhang and next to a tree. While it may be possible to start left of the tree, we started right of it. Step up onto good footholds with poor hands. Traverse left with immediate exposure and no pro to gain a right-leaning, flaring crack system. Offset cams are the ticket here. Crank up that crack to a ledge and make a hard-for-the-grade move over/around a second bulge up to a tenuous stance under a third bulge. Climb the crack through the bulge and start looking for the anchors, which are two Metolius rap bolts to the left which are a bit hard to see. Then TR

Three Minute Hero

. The length is probably 60-80 feet, but the point to which you lower is significantly downhill from where you start, so watch your ends. We used a 70m rope and had plenty of rope left over.

Gear to two inches, maybe one #3- offset cams were nice to have.