Use the arete on your way up, but dont cross it. Standing-start with your feet below a big ledge at hips level.

For a harder variation, avoid using the arete!

Poser

Flight of a Dodo

The Fin (Sit)

Bird Hole Left

Low Traverse

The Fin (Stand)

Bird Hole Right

Start on good jugs next to block and traverse right across the bottom of boulder to narrow ledge. Surmount ledge and continue to arete. Extra Credit: traverse back left.

Start standing on the boulder left of the Bird Hole problems.  Climb up to a good hold, then traverse straight right on a thin seam until you get your right hand in the Bird Hole.  Continue up and left as for

Bird Hole Left

.

Start sitting use big pocket then move into two bad underclings. Slap up to good jug move left out to the fin, and set up for a long move to the lip of boulder.

Start crouched on good rails (same as

Bird Hole Right

) move up right on crimps to slopey hold, right hand in the bird hole then make long moves up through crimps.

Start standing from two bad undercling. Slap up to good jug move left out to the fin and set up for a long move to the lip of boulder.

Start crouched on good rails, move up right on crimps to right handed sloper, place your left hand in the bird hole, then make long move up to jug.

Per

Beebo Cornelious

: the Durango Bouldering guidebook, by Ian Allison, suggests traversing right onto bare slab and connecting with the rest of the bird hole.

Description

Location

Protection

Routes in Big East Block