Welcome to the New Mexico section of Mountain Project!
The contributions that are made to this site are greatly appreciated; this site is made up of an awesome community of users that make the site what it is.
Although there is very little information regarding “rules” for submitting climbing areas and routes to this site, the New Mexico Administers all agree that the following guidelines may be helpful to truly make this site go “Beyond the Guidebook”.
1) Don’t be a jerk (this one states the obvious). 2) Route and area submissions should truly be helpful to those out climbing. Before posting, you should have some first hand experience actually climbing the route. This always results in a much more useful description. 3) Please, please, please… Don’t copy route descriptions directly out of guidebooks, online publications, etc. This is plagiarism! Remember, BEYOND the guidebook! 4) Please use the spell check and make an effort to use correct grammar.
Again, the Mountainproject community truly appreciates the efforts taken to make good route descriptions. If you feel that a route or area description is not up to standard, a brief email to one of the area admins for suggestions on improvement will be greatly appreciated.
Thank you for taking the time to make the New Mexico section of Mountain Project quality! We look forward to seeing you out there!
Giovanni struggling up the steep crack.
Description
A short fist/hand crack, if it were only longer it would be a stellar climb! It is 5.9+ only if you are confident with crack climbing technique, otherwise this could be a scary lead. It is dead-vertical and if it weren't for the nice foot-holds, it could be rated much harder. With only 30 ft of climbing you may find yourself pumping out as you hand off those bomber jams... then again maybe not.
Location
Located on the west side of the dome on a short headwall, this route is the left of two large cracks on this headwall.
Protection
3 large pieces (#3 camelot and bigger) sew this climb up. Feel free to use 2 or only one piece. a gear anchor can be made for top-roping, or a walk-off/scramble can be found to the south.