Paper Tiger (5.10a) on the Red Wall. The route reaches the top of the buttress in two long pitches (5.10a and 5.9). Both indicated belays are bolted.

Looking up at the Paper Tiger route (5.10a) on the Red Wall. The route passes the roofs visible midway up on their right side.

Blondie at the base of the Red Wall.

Chunky rock start to Paper Tiger...it gets better (Sept. 2005).

Leading pitch one of Paper Tiger directly below the 5.9 bulge (finger crack thru. bulge). I think this bulge is the crux of the route. The 10a notch through the roof higher up felt much easier (Sept. 17, 2005).

Close up of the section just below the crux on pitch 1 of Paper Tiger.

Leading pitch 1 of Paper Tiger below the roof. The route surmounts the roof 6 feet right of my position via a small notch (2 bolts). Low 5th class terrain leads to belay anchors above and on the left (Sept. 17, 2005).

Shirley nearing the top of pitch 1 of Paper Tiger. The pitch ends with a low 5-th class traverse (in photo) above the roof system visible from below (Sept. 17, 2005).

Shirley at the pitch 1 belay anchor on Paper Tiger.

Looking back at Shirley belaying me on pitch 2 of Paper Tiger.

Looking down from the lead of pitch 2 of Paper Tiger just below the crux (pitch crux) bulge. Shirley (orange shirt) is belaying me from the comfy ledge; the small bush mentioned in Watts' description of the route is also visible below. Gear on the lower half of pitch is well spaced out and marginal (Sept. 17, 2005).

Yours truly atop the Red Wall after our climb of Paper Tiger route.

Shirley topping out on Paper Tiger - a good, short, and obscure climb in plain sight of the parking lot (Sept. 17, 2005)

Shirley setting up the rap atop the Super Slab route after our climb of Paper Tiger.

Daddy and Blondie relaxing after our climb of Paper Tiger.