South OW aka Front Crack
5.9+ YDS 5c French 17 Ewbanks VI UIAA 17 ZA E1 5a British
| Type: | Trad, TR, 40 ft (12 m) |
| GPS: | 40.53352, -105.14488 |
| FA: | unknown |
| Page Views: | 5,072 total · 20/month |
| Shared By: | Brian Weinstein on Aug 11, 2004 · Updates |
| Admins: | James Schroeder, Leo Paik, John McNamee, Frances Fierst, Monty, Monomaniac, Tyler KC |
Description
The route is located through the brush about 100 feet south of the roof route area. It's a prominent hand crack start followed by a short offwidth and tops out on a blocky face. Start with the nice hand crack (5.7+) for 15 feet to the offwidth. Enter the offwidth and grunt through (crux) whereupon climbing eases towards the top.
Note that a TR can also be set from above.
A nice and quick intro to hand cracks and offwidths.
Protection
Bringa a rack of hand and offwidth size protection. A rack with 1 small set of stoppers/tri-cams for the upper section and anchor is useful.
Per patrick donahue: bring a rack from BD c4 #2-#6, and a rack of small nuts for the top is nice.



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