Armpits 

FA:  Type:  Trad Consensus:  5.8 [details] Views: 116 page views Submitted By: lee hansche on Dec 5, 2007 Add Photo  Add Comment

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Description 

The first half of this route hosts the nicest crack on the cliff in my opinion... You will see the crack 15 feet up on a slab, a small pine tree growing at its top...

Climb up easy ground to the right and make a traverse to gain the base of the beautiful (but a little too short) crack... Jam and lock your way up the crack to the small tree and a nice ledge... Climb the grove above to the base of the overhang with cracks in it... Optional belay here... Climb the right hand of the two cracks in the overhang with a few strenuous moves that lead to easier climbing to the top....

Location 

look for the nice crack in a slab with a small tree at its top... Its just left of the big dirty chimney corner of Cat walk...

Protection 

Cams and nuts... Nuts work great on the first half and cams on the second half...