most splitter hand crack at Tahquitz/Suicide?
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dabbling with the idea of a quick trip to check out Tahquitz for the first time. I love granite cracks of all shapes and sizes, but nothing gets me psyched more than a beautiful hand-sized splitter. What routes there can I check out to get my psyche high for the trip? |
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Part Dank.... no real long perfect splitters.... but parts of some climbs are just perfect. |
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well, I wasn't expecting Indian Creek! haha both of ya'll posted PERFECT responses and I am super psyched. |
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if you go to tahquitz & suicide to climb cracks and leave without doing flower of high rank you have made a huge mistake. that climb is very close to flawless |
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If your hands are big enough then Open Book, one of the longest splitters. But really it's like fist-OW. |
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Insomnia and Open Book are the best wider cracks at T/S. Pirate is the most aesthetic splitter, but more of a tips (at best) thing. |
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The 2nd pitch of El Whampo has been described as the best 5.7 splitter crack at Tahquitz. |
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As I recall, Whodunnit has a fair amount of jamming after pitch 1. But that first pitch of the Wong Climb is great. |
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Jeff McLeod wrote:if you go to tahquitz & suicide to climb cracks and leave without doing flower of high rank you have made a huge mistake. that climb is very close to flawlessjust looked it up... daaaayaaamn I don't think I've ever seen a crack go around a corner quite like that |
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+1 to Flower of High Rank |
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Good suggestions from everyone thus far. The crux of Consolation (5.9) has this interesting double crack thing in a corner that's hand size. Also, the Y Crack (.10b) is hand size. Burly for its grade though. Johnny Quest (.10b) has a nice section of splitter fingers, but it's over pretty quickly. Dave's Deviation (5.9) is a nice finger crack. Also look at Human Fright (.10a). Both crack pitches but the first pitch has some nice hand-sized sections on it. |
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El Whampo and Wong Climb might still be wet, anyone been there recently? |
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+ 1 for Consolation. It's like 3 pitches of hands joyfully jamming and the crux corner is trippy. Pearly Gates a great hand crack. It has great position and packs a punch, however, the business is pretty short. |
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First pitch of Human Fright has excellent jams, probably one of my favorites at Tahquitz. |
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On Suicide, try Johnny Quest, Northeast face routes. |
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+1 Flower of High Rank |
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The last time I was at Tahquitz I did a .10 way over on the left side. I believe it was called Y Crack. It was very burly and good. Make sure you have a 2nd who can follow it though. Mine could not, and due to it's overhanging/ leaning nature, it was a total bitch to clean ;) |
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Etude has some nice crack as well, although the crux is a face move. |
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Joshua Reinig wrote: Darwin Splitter!!!!yeeeehaw!!! |
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Joshua Reinig wrote: Darwin Splitter!!!!I wanna get inside that thing! How hard it is? |