Fun route with some intimidation factor. It climbs better than it looks from the ground. Move up the column face slightly left of the bolt line for several clips before crossing right and up to a fingers/ring-locks crack. Plug a piece or two from great stances and then up to another bolt. From here, head left and clip another bolt to protect the crux. I remember finding a nice knee-bar rest here. Fun, bouldery moves lead into an obtuse corner feature and jugs at the anchors.

Also known as

Seppuku

, Hara-kiri is primarily described as the now-abolished Japanese ritual of suicide by disembowelment. The act was performed to allow samurai facing certain death the ability to die with honor and to avoid torture by enemy captors.

Hara-Kiri in a Combine

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In Cahoots

Balloon Party

Circumciser

Thanks for the Mammaries

Raptor Arete

Full Tilt Boogie

Rosy Palms

Grandpa's Route

Headlights in the Fog

Unknown bolted route between Number Eight and Dolly

Horrible Human History

Number Eight Left

Joe Pro

Bosom Buddies

My Stinky Hole

Fly the Friendly Skies

Muchachas Borrachas

Number Eight

Beta Junkie

Dolly

A fun, yet appropriately named, route.  Climb the column without using the cracks on either side.

A tricky start on thin holds through a roof (crux) leads to the first bolt.  If you don't want to commit to the moves before the first bolt, you can climb the crack next to the column, clip bolt #1 from there, then downclimb and start the route with the rope clipped above.

After the initial crux, easy but fun jug pulling up the vertical column commences past several more bolts before reaching a bird-poo covered ledge (Hence the name).

From the ledge, clip the last bolt and head up and slightly left onto steep rock.  You may want to bring some tiny nuts or cams to protect the final awkward step to the right to gain the anchors.

This route offers a unique contrast between its lower and upper sections.

Scramble up some broken choss for ~20 feet until you can step up and clip. The technical crux comes at and above bolt 2 with stems and side-pulls leading to a somewhat difficult third clip.

After this, the route steepens and offers great movement between spaced, positive holds all the way to the top.

Have your belayer watch you closely through the crux as you end up a bit above bolt 2 with the choss ledge not far below.

Dihedral with a wide (off-width hands) crack on right side, watch for loose rock

Top route climb just right of Thanks for the Mammaries, between the two bolted lines, use Thanks for the Mammaries anchors to TR from

Climb this basalt column to the top. I find the crux to be the top part of the climb while others find it to be the bottom part of the climb. The route is well protected and fun!

Climb up the column face to anchors at the top.  Very enjoyable climb..

Fun arete/face climb with a steep finish.

Start on relatively easy slabby pillar on jugs.  Wander up this towards the roof, clipping bolts as you go.  Just before the roof is a cruxy slab move to reach the roof but the business is still waiting.  Crank the roof on surprisingly good holds to the ledge where you can reach the chains.  I recommend going out the central/right side of the roof or you may set yourself up for a nasty whipper.

Short but sweet!  Scramble up the blocky terrain to the overhanging roof crack and commence jamming!  The crack varies from hands to fists.

Sandi Epeldi's book gives this route 5.11C, but when we climbed it we felt that it wasn't harder than 5.10.  The jams are solid the whole way, and if you look around there are a few key feet that help.  Whatever the grade, it's a fun climb with great pro!

This is a bolted route up the face of a column between Balloon Party and Raptor Arete on the Tall Cliffs, I do not know the name or the grade but can mark the bolt line, please update if you know the grade or name of the route

"Climb straight up the serrated face to the Number Eight anchors" -Epeldi

This route is between number eight and dolly and is a bolted line.  I don't know the grade or any other info on it, can't find it in a guide, if you know more let me know

Finely tuned leading skills recommended, this climb is given a thumbs up in Sandy Epeldi's Boise climbs book

Crack to chain anchor, exit right when crack ends.  Anchors over the top of the prow

Lichen covered face and crack just right of Muchachas Borrachas.  Wide finger crack slightly off the deck with multiple protectable cracks as you ascend widening near the top right of Muchachas Borrachas anchors

"2 bolts and supplementary pro to the Number Eight anchors.  This line was previously a toprope problem that ended at the Number Eight Left anchors.  The original finish is probably best avoided due to loose blocks." -Epeldi

Scramble up some blocky terrain to the first bolt.  With the first bolt at your neck, pull the crux moves that are a bit trickier than they look.  Easy slab climbing past the next two bolts leads to the anchor.

Easy Stemming leads to an interesting sequence towards the top . . .

Anyone who can tell me how to actually climb this route gets a gold star...ok, Hard start move fast on small footholds and smearing using undercling hold with right hand. Climb the route near the bolt line using the cracks and legdes. Hand jam and work your way to the face below a huge jug, dyno here and work your way to the steep roof. Side pull on left, stay center, step high left and smear foot on side of roof, stand, reach high right to good hold stem your way to the chains. This route is awesome and is easy to toprope to get it dialed before you lead it. Classic route, exposed at times, fun and well bolted.

This route is toproped from the Thanks for the Mammaries anchors and is just left of the main bolted route.  This route climbs through the dihedral and the splits the crack at the roof, see picture for the line

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Routes in Tall Cliffs