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Arcing Crack (aka Rescind)

Name: Arcing Crack (aka Rescind)
Rating: 2.0

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

Routes in East Face

L › R R › L A › Z

	Air Up There, The S,TR 5.10b/c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Arcing Crack (aka Rescind) T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Clean Sweep T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	East Country S 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	East Face Cracks T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
	Eastern Block S 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Northern Aggression S 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	P. B. & J. S 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
	Repent T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Southern Belle S 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Southern Comfort S 5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a
	Southern Comfort Straight Up S 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Standard Route T 5.4 4a 12 IV 10 VD 3c
	Swept Away S 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	They Call The Wind Mariah S 5.10- 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	They Call The Wind Mariah - Direct Start S 5.11+ 7a 24 VIII 24 E4 6a

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Type:	Trad, 80 ft (24 m)
GPS:	47.578, -117.2859
FA:	Unknown, likely in the 60s.
Page Views:	1,098 total · 9/month
Shared By:	Pete Spri on Jun 13, 2016 · Updates
Admins:	Jon Nelson, Zachary Winters, Mitchell McAuslan Page Updates (admin only)

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Description

This crack is beautiful looking, and should be calling to you when you rappel from the north anchors; it is also nearly directly under the rappel anchors, so be mindful when launching up this thing.

This crack starts running vertically from fingers to thin hands, the arcs right into a horizontal. It starts with decent feet, but quickly cruxes to all hand jams with little help from the feet for about two moves. Pull through this with hand jams deep in a flaring crack, or use the edge. You can finish the crack by traversing, or by launching up onto the face and heading to the corner that leads directly to the rappel anchors.

Standing on the crack once it gets horizontal, plug a black metolius in a near perfect pod, then move onto the face, aiming up to a finger sized crack and roof. Plug some gear, then pull the corner around a small roof and clip the rappel.

Location

From the trail, scramble up class 4 boulders to a grassy platform. The crack is beautiful looking and fun to climb, if strenuous for a moment. You will see this every time you rap off big rock from the north.

Protection

One full set of cams (1-8 met), one full set of nuts, and smaller tricams should be plenty for this route.

When standing on the arcing crack and getting ready to pull onto the face, I found it very helpful to have black metolius (or equal) to protect in a small but very solid pod.