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Hickory Nutcracker Area

  
Submitted By: nbrown on Feb 2, 2008
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Hike left past the Flakeview buttress to a gully that leads to lower angeled slabs. The "Hickory Nutcracker dihedral is the obvious classic right facing dihedral on the far left side of the slabs.



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Hickory Nutcracker 5.10+  North Carolina : Rumbling Bald : Hickory Nutcracker Area
Easily one of the best crack climbs at the Bald. It certainly has the most variety of them all. Climb past a couple of large flakes and into the chimney. Work your way up behind the huge flake (yes, on the inside-- it's not as tight as it looks). Ignore the rap slings, and continue up to a good stem at the top of the flake. Continue up the fantastic fist, hand, and finger crack to a belay in the notch. Descent: Walk off behind the huge flak...[more]