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The Cavity in Upper Emancipation is one of the bes...

Description 

A few classics in this area including The Cavity and Spam Musubi.


Getting There 

Hike through Daddy's Area. Keep hiking straight following the trail until you see the obvious big boulder on your right housing The Cavity. Spam Musubi lies up and slightly right of The Cavity about 45 seconds above another large boulder.


The Classics

Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for Upper Emancipation:
Spam Cakes   V1     Boulder   
The Cavity   V3     Boulder   
Trying to Make Your Point by Being a Blimmin Idiot   V3     Boulder   
Spam Musubi   V4     Boulder   
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The Cavity V3  SD : Mount Rushmore National Mem... : ... : Upper Emancipation
Get your friends together and bring all of the pads you have for this absolutely classic problem. Why? Because you guys are about to climb the best V3 in South Dakota and unfortunately it doesn't have the best landing. Start on big sidepulls at five feet and get into the "CAVITY". Now get a big undercling and reach up to a sidepull up and left...reach with your right hand over the lip to a jug using intermediates if needed. I'd recommend going to the top and cleaning off the pine needles before ...[more]   Browse More Classics in SD