Calamity Crack

3 Stars
Pumpy
 E4 6a

Adjacent Routes
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14m. The thin leaning crack is an uphill struggle on thin-hand jams and fat finger-locks though protection is superb. The old wooden wedges manage to get in the way and the crux is where you don't want it, just below the top!
FA. Tony Howard (aid) 1962. FFA. Steve Bancroft 1972

USER COMMENTS

superb!!The lost art of hard crack climbing----Try training on a climbing wall for this beast!!!
nigel - 10/Feb/03

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