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Sacherer Cracker
5.10a YDS 6a French 18 Ewbanks VI+ UIAA 18 ZA E1 5a British
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Routes in The Slack to West Buttress
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Captain Hook, Left T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b |
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Captain Hook, Right T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a |
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Delectable Pinnacle, Left T 5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a |
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Delectable Pinnacle, Right T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b |
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Indubious Battle T 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c |
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La Escuela T 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c |
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Mark of Art T 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c |
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Peter Left T 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b |
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Peter Pan T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a |
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Practice Nailing Route T A2+ |
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Sacherer Cracker T 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a |
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Short But Thin T 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c |
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Slack Center, The T 5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b |
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Slack, Left, The T 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b |
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West Buttress (pitch 1&2) T 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a |
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| Type: | Trad, 150 ft (45 m) |
| FA: | FFA: Frank Sacherer and Mike Sherrick, 1964 |
| Page Views: | 31,094 total · 162/month |
| Shared By: | Sirius on Apr 12, 2007 · Updates |
| Admins: | Mike Morley, Adam Stackhouse, Salamanizer Ski, Justin Johnsen, Vicki Schwantes |
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Ongoing Issues:
Yosemite National Park climbing closures and conditions.
Yosemite National Park has yearly closures for Peregrine Falcon Protection March 1- July 15.
Always check the Yosemite website Peregrine Closure page at nps.gov/yose/planyourvisit/… for the most current details and park alerts, and to learn more about the peregrine falcon, and how closures help it survive. This page also shares closures and warning due to current fires, smoke, etc.
Description
One of the most classic pitches at its grade in all of Yosemite, Sacherer Cracker is a full value 120+ feet of stellar jamming and clean movement. Begin with a short wide section that leads to a small ledge (two bolts provide an optional belay here); step left to the splitter finger crack that widens gradually as you work your way toward the final, notorious wide section that guards the chains. Some find this section to be the route's crux, and many have used the chockstone at its beginning to bail, swearing to come back after they get more practice on the wide...
Location
Continue up the scree trails along the SW base until you see this striking line - really can't miss it. If you reach the obvious left-facing dihedral of La Escuela, you've gone too far.
Protection
Doubles to 3". Most forego anything big for the top, as the chockstone and cam in the horizontal are bomber and the crack quickly gets wider than most cams can cover.
You can rappel with a 60m (barely) in 2 raps using the intermediate anchor. An 80m reaches the ground and lets you easily top rope.
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