Blocky start trends immediately left into right-facing dihedral. Lie backs and finger crack lead you to a pedestal where the fun continues. Step right, and work up balancy corners. Technical and thought provoking.

If short, consider sticking bolts one & two.

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Silent Swells

Effigy for Silent King

Fat Tongue

Following trail will dead-end you at the base of the right facing dihedral. Climb crack with smearing to bulge above.

Start just right of

Silent Swells

. This is a short but sustained and an excellent route.

Silent Swells is a great addition to this (currently) quiet area in Rifle. The first crux hits at about the second bolt, where one must choose whether to use powerful underclings and a kneebar along the bolt line or a crimpy alternative a few feet to the right. Get a quick shake midway, then enter the fun, engaging, upper, crimpy crux. Once you hit the undercling near the last few bolts, take a breath, smile, and cruise up the easier terrain to the chains.

Per

hkennedy

: this is a super technical sport route using thin features on good rock.

Fat Tongue is an obscure face climb that sits by itself. It sat perhaps untouched for years because of bad bolt placement. In 2013, Darek Krol graciously rebolted it making it very worthwhile. Originally rated 12a, holds may have broken and presently it sits around 12c. It's burly right off the ground all the way to the 3rd bolt. Expect good holds facing the wrong direction and feet not where you would want them.

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Routes in Zone of Silence