Barbecueing Traditions

This is an excellent and sequential route. It features steep crimpin' and sharp pocket pullin' (big surprise). The technical crux is around the third clip, crimping on a gnarly, slippery sidepull. It is somewhat reachy. It eases off a little bit after that, with a shake out rest followed by another sting-in-the-tail set of thin balance moves getting to the intimidating last clip (I used a looong sling for this one). Finish with jugs to the anchors.

The guidebook calls this 12a/b, but I would lean more on the "b" side, IMO. For crude comparison sake, I thought this route was harder than

Freeform

,

Phase Dance

,

Helter Skelter

, or Sleight of Hand (in Ten Sleep). About the same or harder than

Little Mecca

or

Happiness

(Ten Sleep).

This is the route just right of

Cactus Rose

, and third route right of the 5.9 crack that is between

Bachar...

and

E=mc^2

.

Half a dozen bolts or so. A long draw is helpful on the last clip. I stick clipped the first one.