Dan Dingle (who did Crest Jewel's first ascent with Mike Lucero) and Steve Swann just put up a Direct Start to Crest Jewel on June 27,2002. Mark Albosta and I did the second ascent a couple weeks later. Five new pitches 5.8, 10a,10d,5.9 and 10a
You can see a topo and route beta at
http://member.newsguy.com/~climbing/CrestJewelDirectbeta_Topo.html
You can read our trip report and see pictures at
http://member.newsguy.com/~climbing/Crest_Jewel_Direct.html
It's a fun route with good pro (for a slab)
Have fun
karl