A beautiful but terrifying line, Deadly Pillars climbs the lower face on the downhill pillar boulder. Start on a sloping jug and work up the arete to get your feet established on the jug. Now, make insecure, horrifying moves, up the less-steep face. As you notice the pads recede into the distance and your fingertips start sweating, steel yourself for the sloping topout.

Deadly Pillars

Nintendo

I thought this problem looked a bit like the famous Atari in Bishop as it climbs a narrowing feature on a steep wall. Start with your right hand on a sloper, and your left hand on a slightly better sloper. Smear your feet, work up to better holds with your left hand, and topout.

The Pillars Area doesn't have a lot of problems, but the problems that do exist are excellent. Two tall pillar-like boulders are the focus of the area, but a few boulders lie nearby, most notably the big boulder just downhill and a cool crack in a cave/roof problem.

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