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The Fat Hedral

5.10c/d, Trad, 85 ft (26 m),  Avg: 2.9 from 77 votes
FA: unknown
Utah > Southwest Utah > Zion NP > Cerberus Gendarme
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Description

The crack (up the dihedral) varies a lot on this route. There are numerous faceholds and stemming is the key. Also, have fun encountering the few, short, offwidth pods. This seeems to be standard in Zion. The last 15 foot section climbs a thin hands crack.

Location

The far left of the 3 grouped right facing dihedrals. Roughly 50 yards left of Cherry Crack.

From left to right: The Fat Hedral, Fails of Power, Scarlet Begonias.

Protection

Two of each from fingers to hands. You may want to triple up in the thin hands (.75 and 1 Camalots) sizes. A 4.5 (old style) Camalot might give you peace of mind.

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Jon on lead.
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The Fat'hedral
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S. O.
logan,ut
 
[Hide Comment] Not as bad as it looks. The crux is NOT the offwidth. Take extra .75 camalots. A bit harder than I thought it would be as my partner told me it was 5.8. Funner than it looks. Jan 13, 2008
Klimbien
St.George Orem Denver Vegas
 
[Hide Comment] Love this route...I've found it exciting every time. For me, the second OW section is the crux, which uses a wild country #5 to protect. The stemming and face holds really bring this route together, just when you think you can't go up any more you find a feature on the wall behind you. May 5, 2009
Ray Hellinger
Gunnison, CO
  5.10+
[Hide Comment] I agree, this is a great climb! Lots of variety in crack size and moves. Mar 25, 2015
M HawkMan
 
[Hide Comment] This route is badass. Everything from tips to OW and some crazy cool stemming too.

Bring a BD #5 and save it for the OW section before the thin hands near the top. Feb 7, 2017