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Crack Open a Cold One

Name: Crack Open a Cold One
Rating: 2.5

5.8 YDS 5b French 16 Ewbanks VI- UIAA 15 ZA HVS 4c British

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Routes in Whiskey Rocks North

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	Backwoods Bidet T 5.10- 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Barley Made It T V3 6A
	Bottom of the Barrel V1 5
	Bruce Ash-Lee T V3 6A
	Cheddar Business Bureau T,TR 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Cheese Squeeze, The T,TR 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Crack Open a Cold One T,TR 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Dregs, The V2 5+
	Drunk Heathens T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
	Fine Cheese Club Initiation T V-easy 3
	Five Beer Plan T,TR 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
	Gouda Company S 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b PG13
	Hair of the Dog T,TR 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a V0 4
	Highball V0- 4- R
	Intoxication T V4 6B
	Last Call T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b V0- 4-
	Liquid Sunshine T V8 7B
	Montana Margarita T V2 5+
	Nocturnal Emission T,TR 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Ol' Flippy Dippy, The T V2 5+
	On the Rocks T 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
	Pillow Talk T 5.7+ 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Slappy Hour V0 4
	Sleep T,TR 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c V4 6B
	Sleep Chimney T,TR 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Sobriety Test T V1 5 R
	Stoically Buddhaful V2- 5+
	Unnamed Crack #420 T V0- 4-
	Unnamed Crack #69 T V0 4
	Whiskey and Cheese (AKA The Drunkard's Variation) S 5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b PG13
	Whiskey Business S 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Whiskey Crack T,TR 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Wild Turkey V3 6A
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Type:	Trad, TR, 50 ft (15 m)
GPS:	39.22001, -105.33287
FA:	Tyler Dziedzina, Ellie Moffat
Page Views:	842 total · 11/month
Shared By:	T D on Jul 25, 2020 · Updates
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Description

There are 2 ways to start this: one way is to do the direct start which is a low angle offwidth. The better way is to do a right-angling splitter finger crack. Either way, you end up in a squeeze chimney that narrows down into a more difficult offwidth crux. This is a good route to prepare yourself for the more difficult OW routes in the area.

To toprope this one, you can walk around the back

Location

Walk THROUGH the "Sleep" cave, and at the end of the cave, climb up an easy 4th Class chimney, go all the way back into the cave, and then at the end of the cave, there is a room at the end containing this climb. We call this area "The Cooler", since it stays nice and cool in the summer.

Protection

Finger-sized pieces and wide gear from a BD #4 to #6. No hand-sized gear is needed. There are bolts up top, and this can be toproped fairly easily by walking around the back side.