This is the best line at The Energy Wall. It is steep, powerful, technical, dynamic and beautiful. It's also quite tall. Climb the orange-colored wall right of a pronounced crack located next to a pine tree.

S.D.S. with your hands in a nice in-cut jug. (Per

Joseph Crotty

: Your feet must be off the slab otherwise your working an easier variant called

Con Artist

.) Make sure your hands are placed in the correct order before starting out or you are sure to have victory stolen from you.

When ready, aggressively bump up to a small, right hand crimp with a pinky catch then quickly make a long toss (again with your right hand) to a small, sloping, horizontal seam. Move your left foot on to a nice tip-like foot hold located on your starting hold.

Next bring up your left had up into a match and quickly switch feet. Get your left foot in a good back step position and toss up and left into a two finger, pocket-type feature.

Steady yourself for the grand finally and explode upwards (2-3 foot dyno) with your right hand to snag an in-cut jug.

Now that the hard part is over get a shake and finish by pushing on to easier but committing climbing to the finish. Possibly the best problem at The Sisters.

If the sequence is not done in a fairly precise way, it will surely seem much harder. Also a big key to sending this sweet heart is good momentum.

This problem is also much harder if you are short. The taller you are the easier this one will probably feel.

Thievery

Less Than Thievery

Corn-oary Artery

No Energy

Energy

Crucifriction

Hands and Fist Crack

Con Artist

Crucifix Dyno

The Curb

Snarl

Armchair

Giant Slab

Hug Jugs

Con artist: noun, a person who cheats or tricks others by persuading them to believe something that is not true.

Begin as for

Thievery

being sure to use the slab for one or both of your feet. Finish on

Thievery

.

This is a nice line. Start to the right of

Thievery

on an arete. The arete is also the left corner of

Hands and Fist Crack

(the crack next to a pine).

From the arete/corner, move up and join the same seam system as

Thievery

. Traverse left to join, and finish the final moves of

Thievery

.

Corn-oary Artery has a lot of nice easy moves over awful lichen and poor rock.

Start with an awesome left hand undercling and a right jug. Do a semi-big move with your right hand to a three finger pocket, stopping at a good sidepull or sharp crimp as an intermediate. Gain a left hand sidepull, post up, and go to the jug of

Energy

, finishing with the tiring

Energy

topout. It's basically Energy Right.

This probably has been done before, I didn't find anything on it, so I gave it a name. Anyways, I wanted to put it up here, so if you have any information on the name or FA, let me know.

This is a fine problem with a nasty top-out that will have you wishing for more energy.  It is located to the right of

Hands and Fist Crack

.

Start with your left hand in an under-clinging three finger pocket and your right on a crimp. Bring your feet up on to a slab.  Then move your right up to a sloping pinch type feature and then gun with your left into a large dish with a paralyzing, mantel finish. Take care with your foot positing when negotiating the final mantel, because it could be your undoing.

Start with a right hand, crimp sidepull in the angled crack and a left hand on a small crimp edge. Your right foot is placed far right and your left foot is placed low in the angled crack. Move your left hand up to a pinch, then throw your right hand to a slopey sidepull and compress. Get your right foot up onto a small foothold and dyno up to the jug at the top of the boulder. The topout is easy.

I could not find this line on Mountainproject, and there wasn't any chalk on the holds. If this line has been done, please comment and let me know, so I can make this correction!*

Work the crack, there are some holds and feet just outside the crack to make it easier. Jamming skills help a lot on this one as does tape. Pure joy.

This is the stand start to

Crucifriction

. Start with left hand on a pinch and a right hand on a slopy sidepull. Get a high right foot then dyno to the jug at the top of the boulder. The topout is easy.

This was climbed the same day as

Crucifriction

.

Start the same as for "

Hands & Fist Crack

," but move right once you gain a nice, fat sloper. Move out of the crack system for the topout.

Climb the crimps and the crack seam on the far right corner of the "Energy Wall."

Climb the most obvious seam and crack left of "Snarl."

The first pitch is nice and easy. The second pitch starts at the pine tree halfway up and begins the actual climb. It gets ballsy from here, but the good holds can be found the whole way up.

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Routes in Energy Crag