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All Locations > New Mexico > Jemez Mountains… > Las Conchas > (L) Easy Bake A… > Color of Optimism (5.12c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b)
Jeffrey and Mike demonstrating the big span crux. There are options to make the height-dependent span but climbers with an ape index less than 5'7" may not be able to make it.
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High up on the arête finish. February 2014.
Crimping hard on "the Piranha" hold on the lower crux. My left hand isn't really on a hold. Heath Bailey photo. February 2014.
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Jason Halladay
Mar 15, 2015
“Jeffrey and Mike demonstrating the big span crux. There are options to make the height-dependent span but climbers with an ape index less than 5'7" may not be able to make it. ”  

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Jeffrey and Mike demonstrating the big span crux. There are options to make the height-dependent span but climbers with an ape index less than 5'7" may not be able to make it.
Crimping hard on "the Piranha" hold on the lower crux. My left hand isn't really on a hold. Heath Bailey photo. February 2014.
Nat's alternative beta for shorter climbers...left toe hook in the hole to reach over the top with the left hand to the good jug. January 2018.
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Jason nearing the end of the crux sequence.
High up on the arête finish. February 2014.
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