A short but excellent, thin hand crack with good rests and the requisite manky pin at the crux. From the ledge, follow the obvious crack straight up to a crux near the top.
calling this route thin hands is debatable. i never placed anything smaller than a #2. gear: 2-3 #2 camalots, #3 camalot, few runners. route is maybe 45 feet long. long webbing for belay/top rope anchor helps. belay at ledge takes small cams and/or nuts. i used a orange tcu, yellow tcu, and a medium/large nut.
This hand is almost splitter hands the whole way up (for me). A really fun climb that doesn't feel as hard as it's rated. The crux dynamic move towards the top (by the pin) is much easier if you know about the secret hand holds off the to the right around the little corner.
Palisade Head
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