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The Crack

Name: The Crack
Rating: 2.1

5.4 YDS 4a French 12 Ewbanks IV UIAA 10 ZA VD 3c British

Routes in Hades Heights

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	[Redacted] TR 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Bad Rock T,TR 5.10- 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Biceps TR 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Biceps - Var: Right Wall T,TR 5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b
	Biceps - Var: Thumbthing T,TR 5.11- 6c 22 VIII- 22 E3 5c
	Biceps - Var: Thumbthing Else T,TR 5.11- 6c 22 VIII- 22 E3 5c
	Billy Goat Boulder V2 5+
	Bulge, The TR 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Bulging Crack T,TR 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Butterfly TR 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Camp Daze TR 5.3 3+ 10 III 9 VD 3a
	Camp Permit TR 5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a
	Can't Permit TR 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Carderock Low Traverse V5 6C
	Chris Wex Don Traverse T 5.7+ 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b R
	Chris's Goat TR 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Crack, The T,TR 5.4 4a 12 IV 10 VD 3c
	Cripple's Face TR 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Crippling Paralysis TR 5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b
	Crucifixion T,TR 5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b PG13
	Crystal Ship TR 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Desperation TR 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
	Don't Fall on the Hikers V0-1 4+
	Easy Layback T,TR 5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a
	Eliminates T,TR 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Face To Right T,TR 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a PG13
	Fifi T,TR 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Fingernail TR 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Flutterby TR 5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Friction Layback TR 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Garbage Chute, The TR 5.0 2- 4 I 6 MM 1c
	Golden Staircase TR 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Green Bucket TR 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Hades Heights Girdle Traverse T V1-2 5
	If You Have to Climb in Maryland TR 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a X
	Incipient TR 5.10a/b 6a+ 19 VI+ 19 E2 5b
	Iron Cross TR 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Kindergarten TR 5.0 2- 4 I 6 MM 1c
	Krypton V5+ 6C+
	Laundry Chute, The T 5.1 2 6 II 7 MD 2a
	Leonards Lunacy T,TR 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Mad Dog TR 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
	Make A Wish T,TR 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Merv's Nerve TR 5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b
	Norris' Nipple T,TR 5.4 4a 12 IV 10 VD 3c
	Norris's Nipple T,TR 5.4 4a 12 IV 10 VD 3c
	Nose, The TR 5.3 3+ 10 III 9 VD 3a
	Not So Gneiss V4- 6B R
	Nubbin (Nubble) Face TR 5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a
	Photogenic T,TR 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
	Pincushion Cube V3 6A
	Pre-Kindergarten Boulder T V-easy 3
	Serenity Syndrome TR 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
	Silver Spot TR 5.13b 8a 29 IX+ 30 E7 6c
	Silver Sucker TR 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
	Slot It Out V3 6A
	Spider Walk TR 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Sterling's Double Cracks TR 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
	Talk about a view V0-1 4+
	Top Roping at Carderock with Tots TR 4th 1 2 I 2 M 1b
	Triple A TR 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Trudie's Terror T,TR 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
	Walk On By T,TR 5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b
	Wish Come True T,TR 5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a
	Yellow Jacket TR 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Zig Zag TR 5.10b/c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
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Type:	Trad, TR, 55 ft (17 m)
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Description

This is a great leadable climb. Don't be fooled by that 5.3 rating though, due to heavy traffic the holds are all polished and slick as marbles.

According to the guidebook, the first part of the climb you should head up the face climb to the left of the crack, then move into the crack once you're on the easier ground.

If you head right up the crack though, it is definitely quite challenging, and feels more like 5.8ish for the first few moves till you're up it.

Enjoy the harder start, then scamper up the low angle ramp to the vertical exit. Good fun.