Double Cracks

Double Cracks tackles the obvious, attractive, broken crack system on the right side of the Grand Wall. The first pitch involves 60 feet of unprotected 5.4 climbing to reach available protection, and some may find a mantle on pitch one, and the upper slab on pitch two, gentle sandbags for the grade. In my opinion this is the best of the three moderates on the Grand Wall and protects well after the initial 60 feet. 

Pitch One (5.7): Follow a ramp system just right of thin groove of Thimbleberry, past some vegetation, in the direction of the namesake cracks. This ramp is mostly fourth class, but a few 5.4 moves will need to be made before the first solid protection at 60-ish feet. Follow a crack corner with good pro through a tricky "5.7" mantle and continue to a large belay ledge beneath the crux cracks. Belay opportunities can be fickle here, bring some large cams and wires.

Pitch Two (5.7+): Continue up the steep cracks (5.7) with abundant protection and awesome climbing for the grade on sound stone. When the cracks peter out, follow the obvious weakness into a low angle corner with a clean finger crack and slab. Be wary of a gigantic loose block on a ledge beneath this slab and certainly do not use it for a belay (the block teters when stepped on). Smear up the slippery slab corner (5.7+) to the top of the cliff where trees are available for anchoring.

Descent: Walk off to the west recommended

Start at the base of the large tree about fifteen feet right of Thimbleberry.

Gear to 3 inches. Build an anchor in horizontal cracks at the top (slightly lefty) or sling a solid tree.
Walk off or rap from Z crack.