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Main Street

Name: Main Street
Rating: 2.4

5.6 YDS 4c French 14 Ewbanks V UIAA 12 ZA S 4b British PG13

Routes in Main Wall

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	For Madmen Only TR 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b R
	Great Roof (aka Inverted V), The T 5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b PG13
	Happy Campers T,TR 5.4 4a 12 IV 10 VD 3c PG13
	Hollywood T,TR 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Jim's Route T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c X
	Josh's Hump T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b PG13
	Library, The T,TR 5.4 4a 12 IV 10 VD 3c
	Lower Undercling, The T,TR 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Main Street T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b PG13
	Notch, The T,TR 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Nuts T,TR 5.4 4a 12 IV 10 VD 3c
	Patty and Lester T,TR 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Peter's Route T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c X
	Snowflake Direct T,TR 5.4 4a 12 IV 10 VD 3c
	Snowflake Variation 1 T 5.4 4a 12 IV 10 VD 3c PG13
	Sunday Afternoon T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a PG13
	Sunday Morning T 5.4 4a 12 IV 10 VD 3c
	Undercling, The T,TR 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Witches Brew T 5.3 3+ 10 III 9 VD 3a PG13
	Zig Zag T,TR 5.4 4a 12 IV 10 VD 3c

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Type:	Trad, 100 ft (30 m)
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One of the best trad leads at Chickies

The Main Street Crack is the most obvious crack system just to the right of Witches Brew, and left of the face climbs Lester the Molester and Madmen Only. It's a great climbing crack system but does not extend all the way to the ground. If you are leading, the crux face-climbing moves are just off the ground. You'll get your first piece a .75" Camalot while standing on a prominent light-colored ledge/notch 12 feet directly above the start. The best part of the climb is an obvious steep diagonal finger crack in a block near the finish of the climb. The crack system ends on a small ledge under a small tree/bush where you'll find a bolted rap station. From here, you can move left into Witches Brew, finish straight up on the climb Josh's Hump, trend up and right and finish in the notch at the right side of the Great Roof, or you can traverse right and escape onto Riverview Ledge. Main Street is one of the great trad climbs of Chickies Rock so please don't tie it up all day with a top rope. Let leaders lead through. Thanks!

Location

Near the left side of the Main Wall about 30 to 40 feet to the left of the Library dihedral look for the long, left-leaning crack system that starts just to the right of the small buttress. (The other side of the buttress near the tree is Witches Brew.)

Protection

No fixed gear. Use a spotter for the moves right off the ground. Once you get that first piece and get into the crack, there's an endless amount of awesome gear. Takes nuts, large tries-cams, hexes or whatever else you've got. As of Oct. 16, 2021 there is a brand new bolted rap station at the top of Main Street crack, about the same hight as Riverview Ledge. It's now an easy out to just drop back to the ground, or to try a second pitch like Josh's Hump. Enjoy!