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Rat Crack 

5.9+

   

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Type: Trad
Consensus: 5.9+ [details]
Length: 1 pitch, 40 feet
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Submitted By: Adam Stackhouse on Feb 24, 2006


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BETA PHOTO: Rat Crack is on the far left, near the descent cor...


Description 

This is the obvious hand crack on the leftmost, lower section of Big Rock. While considerably short of being a classic, its steep start with relatively positive jams provide for some fleeting excitement. Kind of a bad landing if one doesn't wait to get pro in higher.


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Hand size and smaller



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By Pat W
Apr 30, 2006

A bit of a sandbag here, awkward greasy jams with no feet at the start. 10b ish.

By Josh Hibbard
Mar 26, 2007
rating: 5.9+

My guidebook for this area labels Rat Crack as a 5.8. The first move off the ground seemed much harder than that for me. Perhaps it is 5.8 for those over 5'7'' or with a long reach...
A fun climb once you get on it.

By Bruce Diffenbaugh
From: Cheyenne,Wyoming
Feb 20, 2008
rating: 5.9

This Route is a 5.9 boulder problem.(crux)The start.