Left S-Crack  5.8

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Type:  Trad, 1 pitch, 60 feet Consensus:  5.8 [details] FA:  Dave Ohlson & Jon Lonne 4/76 Submitted By:  Brian Reynolds on Feb 9, 2003 You & This Route  |  Other Opinions (5) Your todo list: Your stars: Your rating: -none- [change] Your ticklist: [add new tick]

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The Left S-Crack is not S-shaped at all (then again, neither is the Right S-Crack). It sure is a lot of fun, though. Wide crack and stem moves down low get you to a slight rest about two-third of the way up. Then it's a great slightly-overhanging jug-fest to the top. There's no real crux section to this climb, and nothing's too hard, thanks to great hands that appear just as you need them. This is a great route to run laps on.

The climb starts a few feet to the left of my yellow and black pack that you can see in the picture. Follow a right-slanting crack/chimney until it peters out, then move left and up through the overhanging section to top out near the left edge of the formation.

2 stars out of 5.

Protection 

standard rack -- long slings may be helpful for the awkward anchor set-up on top

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