Start low on right arete. Right hand on hold near orange moss, left on sloper. Use the right sheared off boulder for feet. Move up arete, over to slopers on to the crimp rail. From there reach up to a gaston left hand. A figure 4 comes here using the jut in the middle for the left foot and toe hooking the left arete. Mantle with right hand. Top out.

The 4 (Colossal Grunts)

Cheapskate's Arete

Joe, Jim, Bob, & Jerry

Start with your left hand on the catch on the left arete. Place your right hand on the jut in middle of the boulder. Smear your right foot, scrape by with your left foot (heel, toe,

etc

.). Work up the arete or make a big reach up the rail in middle. Work through the topout without using the left wall of the unnamed boulder. Finish with a topout similar to

The 4 (Colossal Grunts)

or use the arete.

Start with low hands on the arete. Smear your feet on the left wall. Walk your hands and feet up on the arete and left wall. There a good catch on the arete up start for your left hand. Move your right hand up to a rail. Catch the arete with your left higher up. Proceed with the topout.

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Routes in The North Face Boulder