This is the obivous, splitter crack that you pass on the trail to The Book. It starts in a left-arching hand crack that joins a chimney about 40' up. An offwidth direct start is also possible. Continue up the chimney (a little run out here) to gain an offwidth crack to the shoulder of The Tombstone.
Location
This is the obvious splitter crack on the southwest face of The Tombstone. It is about 15' off the main trail to The Book and right in front of Fat City Crack.
Protection
Large gear is needed to protect the route. A single set of cams from fingers all the way to a #6 C4 should be adequate. If you are doing the direct start another wide piece would probably be needed.
There are no anchors at the top of this route and no walkoff. Improvising a rappel may require some creativity.
We had a mini-epic on this route when we discovered that we lacked enough big gear to complete it. I consider myself a reasonably solid offwidth climber but not neither of us were willing to entertain the idea of climbing this without a good cam nearby.
Thanks to the climber who helped get our rope up the backside so we could retrieve our gear!
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