This is pretty much the crux. You can protect yourself here with a #4/#5 in the crack and a .2 or maybe in undercling. (You can use bigger but you will block the hold)

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This is pretty much the crux. You can protect yourself here with a #4/#5 in the crack and a .2 or maybe in undercling. (You can use bigger but you will block the hold)

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Atop the Flake; a good place to divide the pitch in two.

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Billy Shin

Jan 20, 2015

“This is pretty much the crux. You can protect yourself here with a #4/#5 in the crack and a .2 or maybe in undercling. (You can use bigger but you will block the hold)”

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