Hippopotamus

This is the current rightmost route on the west face of the Slab, up on the

Undertow

ledge. It climbs the black, bulging wall with a big, crispy flake at the start and an overhanging groove up high, to anchors over the lip.

Head up and right along the ledge from

Undertow

and stand tall to clip the first bolt before you pull onto the flake (the flake is very thin along the bottom). Move up to the flake top and into the crux. I've seen some chalk heading off right, but beware: that is loose choss and a better sequence is the one on the left. Cop a rest at the break and then finish past two more bolts on cool flutings (5.10).

This is a good, thuggy warm-up for other routes at the Slab.

This is fifteen feet right of

Sweet Niblitz

.

Five bolts to double-bolt anchors.