While origionally put up in December of 05' the route is essentially a warm weather rig as it's in the shade throughout the day. Crux is slightly above the half way point and features intriging technical moves and well thought out protection that position it as one of the better routes in the Gorge. Gets its name from the cat that paused underneath, was gathered up in the arms of the 1st ascentionist, and who happened to gaze up and notice this gem.

Norman

The New Normal

Penne Alla Vodka

Missing Link

No Known Cure

Lobodomy Bock

Destination Oblivion

Malt Linker

Marty Party

Frangelico

Blueberries and Flaxseed

Mal a la Gorge

Super fun route cruz past the third bolt.

Start on Lobotomy Bock (5.9) or Norman (11b), both great routes.

Continue around the roof to some fun holds and instant exposure.

100' to first anchor.

Continue up the wave at 5.8 to a second anchor on a cool ledge 160' up. Can also be done as a second pitch, good stance at the first anchor.

Great route with fun upper moves over the corner and bulge

A reasonably sustained vertical face with fun movement that goes over a small roof feature by the 4th bolt.  Some long moves down low followed by less steep but still relatively techy face. The rock on the upper part of the route isn't quite as good as the bottom (which is good) but it doesn't really detract from the route.  Seems like it's a little more pumpy than expected when first looking up at it.

A smooth slabby face with decent holds but kind of a bold feel. You probably don’t want to fall clipping the second bolt. Continuing past the anchor will take you into the extension called Marty Party.

Kind of short but packs a decent punch for it's size.  Climb past a couple of bolts on deceiving scalloped rock, followed by linking spaced flat edges on the steepening wall.  At the 4th bolt the nature of the climbing changes to smaller techy holds and is fairly consistent in difficulty up to the anchor.

This route was previously somewhat loose.  Even though it is now pretty clean there may still be a few edges/chips in the upper section that evaded cleaning.  All it needs is a little more traffic.

This long pitch is actually an extension of an older route, Destination Oblivion, which stopped at the first anchors.  Climb the slippery slab past 5 bolts and an anchor and then head out the clean streak of overhanging rock.  Follow the bolts closely since the thin strip of good rock is surrounded by extreme choss.  The theme of the overhanging section is grab a bad hold reach to a huge jug, repeat.  Fun and long.

Starts up a short section of tricky crack/face climbing to a long fun face with good edges.

Start on the right of the arête with a bouldery move to reach bigger holds. Stay on the right until you can step left and clip the high first bolt(sporty). Follow 4 more bolts with thin edging on the left side of the arête to a 3 bolt anchor

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Routes in Narrows East