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Some Say the Crux is the Hardest Part
5.12a YDS 7a+ French 25 Ewbanks VIII+ UIAA 25 ZA E5 6a British
Avg: 3.9 from 9
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Routes in Main Cliff
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Absence of Light, The T 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a |
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Balancing Act S 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b |
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Beer-Bellied Black Mountain Bushwhackers T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b |
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Bikes-N-Ditches T 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b |
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Black Beans T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b |
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Black Bear T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b |
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Black Clouds S 5.7+ 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b |
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Black Dreams T 5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c |
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Black Jesus T 5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a |
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Black Mamba T 5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b |
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Black Moon Rising T 5.11- 6c 22 VIII- 22 E3 5c |
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Black Opus T 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a |
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Black Plague T 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b |
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Black Plum T 5.10c/d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b |
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Climbmax T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a |
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Collage a Trois T 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a |
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Crows Fly Black T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a |
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D 'n' B T 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b |
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Dirty Dreams S 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c |
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Divided Sky S 5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b |
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Double D Cracks, Left Side T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b |
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Double D Cracks, Right Side T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b |
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Dreamy honeymoon- link up T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c |
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Eight Lives Left T 5.10a/b 6a+ 19 VI+ 19 E2 5b |
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Ejection Seat S 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a |
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Expanding Horizons T 5.9- 5c 17 VI 16 HVS 4c |
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Fear is the Mind Killer T 5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c |
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Fight For Your Mind (aka Go Left) T 5.11- 6c 22 VIII- 22 E3 5c |
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Frijoles negros T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b |
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Grizzly T 5.11- 6c 22 VIII- 22 E3 5c PG13 |
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Honeymoon Arete T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b |
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Hotstepper T 5.11c/d 7a 24 VIII 25 E4 6a |
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Invisibilia T 5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c |
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Jengarete T 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b |
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Jet Crack T 5.8- 5b 16 VI- 14 VS 4c |
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Kingdom Heritage T 5.11b/c 6c+ 23 VIII- 24 E4 6a |
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Krakatoa T 5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b |
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Log Skidder T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c |
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Lost Nation's Finest T 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a |
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Meadowlark T 5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c |
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Nyx T 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b |
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Out of the Blue (and into the Black) T 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c |
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Pet Badger T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c |
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Possum T 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a |
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Rainshadow S 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c |
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Shadow Spirit T 5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a |
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SOHCAHTOA T 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b |
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Soliloquy T 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a |
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Some Say the Crux is the Hardest Part S 5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a |
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Soul Journey T 5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b |
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Spice is Life, The T 5.11b/c 6c+ 23 VIII- 24 E4 6a |
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Sway T 5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b |
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Sweet Life T 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a |
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Threat Level Midnight T 5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b |
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Traffic Jam T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a |
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Traffic Jam Extension T 5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c |
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Unnamed Crack T 5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a |
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Wild Black T 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b |
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| Type: | Sport, 65 ft (20 m) |
| GPS: | 44.92158, -71.74202 |
| FA: | Kristen Fiore, Mischa Tourin |
| Page Views: | 1,808 total · 25/month |
| Shared By: | Kristen Fiore on Aug 19, 2020 |
| Admins: | Jason Hayden, Kristen Fiore, Luc-514 |
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Description
Well... someone had to climb this thing! Perhaps the most striking arete at Black Mountain? I dare say so.
Climb the initial 5 feet of Traffic Jam before stepping out right to the arete. Tip-toe and balance your way up the arete to a stance. Climb up to a second stance and then cast off on an adventure of counterpressure, foot smears, toe hooks, and body tension to make it up the face/blunt arete. The actual crux may be finding a way to clip without peeling off and grabbing the draw ;)
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