Start on the bank to the far left (left of "Dissolution" and "Flood"), and traverse rightward under the bulge.   Good warmup. Watch out for spiders! For an extra challenge, top out "Cesspool".

Lava River A.K.A. Arachnophobia

Dissolution

Undertow

Whisper

Flood

Cesspool

Hydrophobia

Start in underclings and get the right hand 2 finger pocket.  Straight up for the top out.

 A variation exists by bumping out far left to the wonderful side-pull rail.  This is the same rail used as a right hand in the problem "Flood".

Start on the right side under the bulge, climb under the roof to the jug, top out over the bulge face on crimps and slopers

Climb up over the bulge using the underclings, slopers, a mono, and side-pull-slopey crimp

Grab a left crimp and right sloping ledge over the buldge.  Throw a left heal or toe.  Reach left to a sloper and right to a good gaston ledge to top out.

Climb the face about 3 feet right of the water groove.

Climb up the water groove on the big outcropping boulder

Some hard water boulders just east of County Road 1135. Be prepared to scrub lichen and get a little wet! Pictures taken after a week of long rain- bring crash pads if going in dry season, otherwise maybe an air mattress?

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Protection

Routes in Hydrophobia area