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New Mexican Crack

Name: New Mexican Crack
Rating: 1.8

5.9 YDS 5c French 17 Ewbanks VI UIAA 17 ZA HVS 5a British

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	Chips and Salsa T 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a PG13
	New Mexican Crack T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a

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Type:	Trad, 120 ft (36 m)
GPS:	40.6337, -111.72
FA:	Randy Kieliszewski and John Higgins, 1992
Page Views:	855 total · 4/month
Shared By:	Ryan Brough on Sep 23, 2006
Admins:	Drew B, Perin Blanchard, GRK, David Crane, Nathan Fisher Page Updates (admin only)

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Description

Climb the easy right-facing dihedral to some brushy ledges. The rock is a little bit chossy here, but the climbing is easy. Climb onto the face to the left and up to the cracks. Traverse to the left, following the cracks for about 50 feet. Be sure to place ample protection to reduce the risk of pendulum falls for both the leader and second. There are some reachy moves on some thin holds. Route finding is a significant crux as is placing pro. The New Mexican Crack sports some of the most fantastic cracks in BCC.

Location

Start in the left-facing corner (there is some water streaking and potential water after storms here). It is possible to rappel from the anchors with a 60 meter rope; however, you won't be able to clean your gear. This route requires the leader to belay from the top (semi-hanging belay from anchors) so that the second can clean gear on the way up.

Protection

Medium to small camming devices, lots of nuts. Consider doubles and possible triples of #.5-#2 camalots. There are two glue-in bolts at the top for anchors (there is an old, rusty button head between the glue-ins and a pin about three feet to the left too). There was an old, sun-baked cordelette with two carabiners on it that I backed up with a sling.