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Finger-Blaster
Description
The start is a stand-start hand match on obvious chalked holds about 7ft high in the middle of the rock. This route is a traverse to the left most side without a "top out". The finish is about 5-6 ft below the top of the rock, with an obvious outlet to stand on. If you want to add to the difficulty a little bit, you can do a sit start below the aforementioned starting holds and it would easily enter into v2-3 territory.
The holds near the end of the problem tend to get a bit more chossy, so DO NOT rely on anything small. Be smart and have a good spotting team at the ready.
This problem was established with the combined effort of Jonathan Williams (FA), Spencer Maske, and myself.
Shoutout to Motown USA.
Location
If you continue past Easy Tiger (The 7) 5.7 route you will eventually find a "path" that heads out to the left. There is a v4 that many locals know as Pistol Arrow that isn't yet posted on MP or in any guidebooks afaik. Continue past that and you will soon find Finger-Blaster, use pictures for aid.
Protection
Pads and Spotters. The more the better. The FA was done with 2 spotters and 1 pad, but we would suggest bringing as many pads as possible because it is a traverse with some pretty uneven terrain.
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