Good solid edges on excellent rock make this one of the better climbs on the Bong.

My littlest is tired of being left at home. She's trying to show me that she can pull the lip better than her big brother. In fact, she does.

Slowly and painfully working up the razor sharp crimps at the main ridge.

Justin working his way past the questionable flakes twards the slightly runout finish.

Climbing one of the superd routs on the Bong. this one goes at 5.11a and is one of the less challenging routes on this formation.

This is Kyle reaching for the small nub on "Black Powder" (5.11a).

The right edge of the second pinnacle from the left -Arrowsphere 5.9

Several high quality climbs exisist on this formation, the sentinel of the Lake Arrowhead pinnacles

2001, 5.11, takes a line up the right side of the west face. The crux is at the beginning and traverses out right to the arete finishing on jugs and slopers.

Black gold climbs a dark waterstreak up the lower part of the rock and then heads left to this finishing arete. Delicate and balancy moves with good exposure and a great backdrop.

American Heroes takes a line up the west face of the bong just right of center. A crimpy, painful start leads to delicate flakes and a technical crux. It finishes with a mantle.

This six bolt sport climb sits on the far left of the Ugly Wall. The crux is a lunge/dead point for a small incut from a tiny crimper over the five-foot roof. Exciting.

The west face of the Bong has seven (70') 5.11 sport routes that are all very high quality. Alpenglow is the hardest of the bunch. Eric Odenthal (the Jedi) has put up four of these routes. Here he is on the first ascent at the bottom crux. Photo by Brad Singer.

I don't know what this route is, it was a while ago. Anybody know?

Sheila searches the practically blank slab that is Kitty Litter (11a/b) for a hold...any hold. It is by sheer will that anyone manages to get past the first two bolts, especially since a main hold is now missing.