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Fisticuffs 

5.10b

   

FA: John Long & Rick Accomazzo 3/73
Type: Trad
Consensus: 5.10b [details]
Length: 1 pitch, 30 feet
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Submitted By: david goldstein on Apr 16, 2004


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Tim pulls into the solid fists on Fisticuffs.


Description 

Nice fist jamming in a clean splitter. Would rate more stars if longer. Sunny.

Located about 50' below and 100' to the right of the start of Run For Your Life.

Starts as hands the quickly moves to cups, fists and even OW for the last few feet. The difficulties last for about 30', then hang a left and scramble up about 20' to the top of the pillar and find an anchor. Make sure the rope runs through the crack to provide directional protection for the 2nd.

Descent: scramble off to the north.


Protection 

We did it with one blue Camalot and one #4 Friend but it would be preferable to have a 2nd #4 or a 3.5 Camalot.



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By namascar
Nov 8, 2004
rating: 5.10b

Great route, one of the purest cracks in Josh. One has to pay attention with the #4 Camalots. It is easy to place them, walk them and it may lead to multi hour recovery operations. I saw a #4 jammed once and tried to remove it, without luck. Then this weekend, it happened to us. This time, we put more time and effort till we got the dawn piece out. Don't let this embarrassing situation happened to you.

By Murf
Nov 8, 2004
rating: 5.10b

This is a fun line, and it is pretty "pure", but its so short that to call it the "anything"-est route at Josh is giving it a bit too much credit.

By Anonymous Coward
Mar 22, 2005

No, I agree. This is one of the most "splitter" cracks the park has to offer; you can talk to someone on the other side of the formation through the crack. It may be short but that doesn't change the fact that this crack is different from most of the cracks in Josh. I invite anyone who disagrees to just slot a jam at the the base of the route and feel the difference.

By Brian B Weinstein
Apr 5, 2005
rating: 5.10b

this is worth the hike if you are in the area. though short, a nice clean crack that required all kinds of crack techniques.

By Tony Bubb
From: Boulder, CO
Jan 9, 2006
rating: 5.10b

Great hands and fists. Nice route on nice rock. Short, but worth putting on the 'to do' list.

By Will S
Feb 16, 2007
rating: 5.10b

Don't know about the "hang a left and scramble to top of pillar to find a belay" bit. I belayed where the crack goes horizontal..the walk off is just a few feet right of this and the climbing above (to the top of the pillar) is trivial and short 5-easy slab. Belay where the crack goes horiz takes from 3.5 to 4 camalot. Did this with one 3 camalot, ended up pushing it a ways, ideally take two of 'em. Good rack would be doubles in 3, 3.5, 4 camalot (this would include the belay pieces).

By Tavis Ricksecker
From: flagstaff, az
Jun 29, 2007

It might be short, but it's stout! And beautiful.

By JoshuaTreeRunner
From: Los Angeles
May 28, 2008

Everyone says its short and it is... but worth going back to climb and working it. It would be 4 stars if it were twice as long.