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Thick Crust 

5.7

   

FA: unknown
Type: Trad
Consensus: 5.7 [details]
Length: 1 pitch, 50 feet
Views: 531 page views

Submitted By: Randy Carmichael on Jul 21, 2002


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BETA PHOTO: 4. New River Gorge Homesick Blues, 9+
5. The Virus...


Description 

This wide crack is right of the Big Dihedral and left of The Virus. Climb up to a "cave" and then exit with some precarious "looking" moves. This climb has some fun finger jams and stems. At the top, you can traverse right and use the bolt anchors on The Virus. It is #6 in the topo =>


Protection 

Bring pro to 2" and several slings. No fixed anchor. Hubbel's said 4", but I never used it.



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By Shawn Shannon
From: Denver, CO
Feb 1, 2006

Isn't the photo with this route meant for Lemons, Limes and Tangerines?

By Matt Miller
Nov 10, 2006

Yes, but the Beta photo is right. Does anybody else think the rating is too high? Killian's Dead (5.6) seemed harder.

By Matt Gates
From: Longmont, CO
Mar 19, 2007
rating: 5.7

No. 6 in the beta photo. Things get better upon exiting the "cave". Not a great climb, but not bad either.