Nut Cracker 

FA:  Joe Cote, D Arey, w. freeman 1969 FFA Henry Barber, B Anderson 9/22/72 Type:  Trad Consensus:  5.10a [details] Length:  1 pitch, 75 feet Views: 434 page views Submitted By: lee hansche on Feb 20, 2007 Add Photo  Add Comment

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Greg Jackson running it out on "Nut Cracker" 5.9+/...

Description 

Many find this climb to feel more 5.10ish but respect must go to Henry Barber and others for not bitching about grades and leading it with just nuts...

This beautiful crack ranges from fingers to wide hands and is stellar from top to bottom...
The crux comes at about the 1/3 mark and involves thin fingers and or long reaches to good locks... Many folks find the route to be a pumpy one and if you are pumped at the top the last moves of the route will feel a bit cruxy too...

Location 

This is the farthest left perfect crack climb at the Barber Wall...

Protection 

Lots of nuts (hence the name) and cams for the new schoolers...

The new schoolers comment is just for history... Do bring cams to
#3 or #3.5 if its your first time on the route...

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Greg scoping the second crux from good hands befor...	Greg approaching the bulge near the top of "Nut Cr...	Greg cruisin' the bulge on "Nut Cracker", Cathedra...