Oooo, how come I don't remember that wide crack? I must not have led that pitch.

It's pitch 1 (the picture was taken on the ground). You avoid the wide crack by cutting out onto the featured face just past the pod.

It's weird how that wide section in the crack looks just like a pin scar -- from a #25 angle piton!

The wide crack avoidance technique....love it.

is that a bolt clipped right next to the crack?

The extensive retro-bolting of CC has certainly changed the nature of the route. Earlier, a climber was more or less wedded to the crack, wide or not, if he/she wanted pro. Now... as Jorge Urioste put it, "it's a forest of bolts" up there. Having said that, it's still a wonderful climb.

Just say YESSS to crack!!!! especially when its wide. I went straight up that mug and it was most definitely much more stimulating than 5.8 face climbing...but i guess to each his own!