All Locations > California > Joshua Tree NP > Quail Springs Area > White Cliffs of… > White Cliffs of Dover…

Make or Break Flake

Name: Make or Break Flake
Rating: 2.3

5.10b YDS 6a+ French 19 Ewbanks VII- UIAA 19 ZA E2 5b British

Routes in White Cliffs of Dover - Left Side

L › R R › L A › Z

	Ace of Spades T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Card Chimney T 5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a
	Clucker, The T 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Conqueror Worm TR 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
	Digital Watch T 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
	Field and Stream T 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Good Housekeeping T 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
	High Anxiety T 5.10c/d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b
	High Tension T 5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a
	Human Be-In T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
	Jack of Hearts T 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
	Make or Break Flake T 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Nolina Crack T 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Perennial Favorite T 5.10- 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Popular Mechanics T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Quest for Fire T 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
	Scientific Americans T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c R
	Sen Blen T 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Sharon Stone T 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
	Solar Flare T 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
	Stone Hinge T 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Twin Cracks T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Westways TR 5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b
	Wilted Flower Children T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
Unsorted Routes:

Order Wrong? Sort Routes

Type:	Trad, 60 ft (18 m)
FA:	Dan Dingle, Chris Carpenter and Guy Wordsall, May 1977
Page Views:	2,813 total · 13/month
Shared By:	C Miller on Dec 31, 2004
Admins:	Greg Opland, C Miller, Gunkswest, Mike Morley, Adam Stackhouse, Salamanizer Ski, Justin Johnsen, Vicki Schwantes Page Updates (admin only)

You & This Route

26 Opinions

Your To-Do List:

Your Star Rating:

Your Difficulty Rating:

-none- Change

Your Ticks:

Add New Tick

-none-

Description

A strenuous start (crux) in a right-facing flare (fingers/thin hands in the back) gives way to good hand jams with marginal feet as you gain the start of the flake proper, which takes a jagged line up the face before cutting left below the top (#4 Camlaot or equivalent is useful). Continue up the face past a single bolt (5.10-) via thin edges and delicate smears to the top. You'll want to save some gear to 3" for the anchor; descent is via the gully to the right.

Fun climbing combined with two very distinct and disparate cruxes, all on great rock, make this a very worthwhile route to do when in the area. Two stars out of five.