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Description
Decent climbing, but short. As Rolofson says, "Don't be fooled", it's much harder than it looks. Angle left past the first bolt and mantle onto a ledge. Move left around the arete and up to the roof. At this point you are just right of Wired which escapes out left around the roof. Layback the right side of the roof, crux, via one of at least two methods.
This felt much harder to everyone in our group of 3 than either
Consilience
or
Gyromancy
which we had done clean earlier in the day. We all fell and hung several times on Smoke Down. Perhaps it's not technically harder, but it's harder to do clean due to the steepness and treachery of the layback.
Location
On the right side of Black Widow where the rock becomes really grungy. Just right of
Wired
, a right-facing, right leaning trad corner capped by a roof.
Protection
5 bolts, 2-bolt anchor with rings.
Routes in Black Widow Slab
- 20Smoke Down5.11aSport