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Bushwhack Crack
5.8+,
Trad, 45 ft (14 m),
Avg: 3.5 from 2
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FA: Tracy Crabtree, Jeff Ashley in 1989
Kentucky
> Red River Gorge
> Northern Gorge
> Clearcut Wall
Access Issue: New route development is prohibited in the Daniel Boone National Forest.
Details
fs.usda.gov/activity/dbnf/r… Follow existing trails and climb using removable protection or in climbing areas with existing approved fixed anchors or bolts. Development of any new rock climbing, bouldering or rappelling areas and development of any climbing routes involving the permanent installation of new fixed anchors or new trail construction requires prior Forest Service authorization.
Description
Stem and work the crack, protecting with a full range of gear mostly fingers to fists, but also a short off-width section near the top. Save a few cams BD 0.1-0.4 to build an anchor in the crack for Vascular Massacre above the belay ledge, and bring up your second.
Location
Hike around the wall right of Baptist Preacher to a pair of cracks under a large roof. This is the left of the two cracks.
Protection
Rap from webbing on a large tree at far corner of climber's-left side of ledge, roughly 35' from route.