This line is a good warmup and perhaps a bit easier than similarly graded routes on the Scud Wall Proper.  The crux bulge can be made a bit easier by stemming to the nearby boulder.  This route gets shade a bit earlier in the day than the routes on the Scud Wall.  This is also the easiest way to get to the summit of the Scud Pinnacle if you don't have a rack with you (and aren't into soloing).

Begin behind a bush, balancing up a protruding spike of rock, to reach good holds on the slab.  Cruise the easy slab to the bulge, and follow a diagonal rail onto monolithic stone above.  Tedious liebacking up grooves gets you up the headwall to the anchor.

Monkey Man

Monkeys on the Moon

This is an OK slab route on high quality but poorly featured rock, with a brutal crux clearing the obvious bulge. There's nothing wrong with this route per se, but the holds are fairly sharp and the movement is quite awkward and unenjoyable. There are certainly many far more enjoyable routes of this grade at Sinks.

Begin easily up a detached flake, and cruise the slab to the roof. Big reaches lead over the roof to dwindling holds. Follow sharp crimps and sidepulls up the mercifully short headwall to a shared anchor with Spank the Monkey.

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Routes in Scud Pinnacle