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Fast Snatch

5.8-, Trad, 45 ft (14 m),  Avg: 2.2 from 11 votes
FA: Jon Sykes and Lois LaRock (August 6, 1995)
New Hampshire > WM: Franconia N… > Echo Crag > 1. Square Inch Wall

Description

Climb past the block to a stance on a "diving board" type feature. Up and right across horizontals to the base of a finger crack. Up the crack past ledges to the top.

Location

Start at the wedged block at the base right of "California Potato Chip".

Protection

Standard Single Rack
No rap anchor, but many in proximity.

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The start is slightly left of here, the faint finger crack is visible above.
[Hide Photo] The start is slightly left of here, the faint finger crack is visible above.

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Franck Vee
  5.7
[Hide Comment] All right climb but not as good as its neighbour. Felt easier too. Jul 20, 2019
Andrew P
North Bend, WA
[Hide Comment] There's a reason this is called the Square Inch Wall! There are so many routes that even with the use of MP and the Notches I could not figure out where this route was supposed to go..

I ended up starting about halfway between California Potato Chip and Finger Looking Good by climbing a steep crack and flake above a very low roof. This is followed by climbing past a few horizontals, before finishing up the obvious steep finger cracks/jugs at the top of the wall (this same finger crack is the finish for Finger Locking Good). This felt like the most obvious line up this section of the cliff, although the way I started does not really fit the description here or in the Notches.. But it was pretty fun, and felt like it was about 5.8. May 20, 2021
june m
elmore, vt
[Hide Comment] So confused not sure what I Climbed. Might’ve been this climb ended up on a strange crack up top that I would not call a finger crack because I couldn’t jam in it and it did have an anchor. The crux was definitely at the top. May 31, 2023