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Unknown Finger Crack

5.12, Trad, TR,  Avg: 3.5 from 2 votes
FA: unknown
New Mexico > Jemez Mountains… > Capulin Canyon… > Capulin Canyon > Upper Wall

Description

This is the obvious finger crack to the left of the offwidth New Mexico Welcome Party.

Shares anchor with New Mexico Welcome Party.

Protection

Finger sizes all the way up.

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Climber on New Mexico Welcome Party. The finger crack is on the left.
[Hide Photo] Climber on New Mexico Welcome Party. The finger crack is on the left.

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Eric Bowes
Los Alamos, NM
[Hide Comment] Has this not been freed? It's a pretty striking line. Nov 7, 2021
Aaron Miller
Santa Fe, NM
[Hide Comment] Eric, this line has been freed. But the question is more whether it has been done without using any part of the corner system to the right. I think that is the potential 12 grade rating that is suggested here, and possibly making it a silly venture if one declares that a major feature is "off" on a gear line, as though it would be bad form or something to use it. So I don't know how seriously folks have taken this route as a real 12, or just some suggestion as a variation for how it could be climbed. But yes, it is a striking line, and good practice for hard finger crack climbing were one to take it upon themselves to climb it that way. So the real answer to your question is possibly NO, that it has yet to be climbed with all natural features outside of the crack declared as "off". Nov 12, 2021