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From issue #98-08, 19-Mar-98:

The shaded, slightly overhanging western side of this boulder is home to “By the Teeth of My Skin,” V6, a rising traverse along the barely featured lip, ending with an exhilarating mantle. Two scary new lines have also gone on the west side of this fine boulder. Both problems take tricky mantles to crimpy slabs over jagged manzanita bushes. Both are V3; the left corner (”Fix Bayonets, You’re Going Over the Top”) is the scariest because the manzanita has died and all that remains are the sharp branches arching skyward; the right side is called “Lion Heart.” The Pie Slice Area is up and coming!!.