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Adirondack Wide

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johnthethird · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Jan 2012 · Points: 5

Ive got these stupid 5 and 6" cams that dont get enough play. Im headed to the dacks this weekend, anyone have any OW recommendations?

Thanks

Ben · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Sep 2003 · Points: 10

Creation of the World at Moss Cliff is supposed to have some wide action.

JCM · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Jun 2008 · Points: 115

Adks aren't exactly known for wide, but there is some to be found. There is a 5.10+ OW on the right side of the Spider's Web that looks very long and splitter. I haven't been on it, and don't remember the name, but it would be a good route to check out alongside the rest of the non-OW cracks at the Web.

If you really want to man up, Creation of the World at Moss Cliff is the local OW testpiece. ~4 pitches long, some runout sections, and a lot of wide. Way-full-value 5.11.

Another great long route with a lot of wide is No Man's A Pilot on Wallface. Remote, wild, and rarely done, it branches off of the much-more-popular Diagonal. Steep squeeze chimneys. If I remember correctly, you can get away without much (or any?...not sure) wide gear, thanks to additional (smaller) cracks that take gear. I did it in mid-November, and one of the squeeze chimneys was totally covered in verglas. Spicy!

Will Roth · · Saranac Lake, NY · Joined Dec 2009 · Points: 55

Fear of Flying at Moss is also a wide one. The wide one at the Web is Eternity Crack.

Benjamin Brooke · · San Pedro, CA · Joined Apr 2012 · Points: 1,050

skip the first two bolts on Geronimo at Deadwater.

MaxSuffering · · KVNY · Joined Jul 2012 · Points: 0

Check out Route Of Oppressive Power at High Falls Cliff, Fear Of Flying (Moss Cliff) and Eternity (Spiders Web). No Man's A Pilot is awesome. Never done Creation Of The World but it sounds tremendous.

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