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All American Hand Crack

Name: All American Hand Crack
Rating: 3.2

5.10b YDS 6a+ French 19 Ewbanks VII- UIAA 19 ZA E2 5b British

Routes in Babylon Crag

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	All American Arete S 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a PG13
	All American Hand Crack T 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Babylon T 5.12c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b
	Box Tops S 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
	Far East T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	In A Strange Land T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Left For Dead T,TR 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	PFM (Pure F$%^&*! Magic) T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Proof Of Purchase T 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a PG13
	Sumeria T 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Tahoe Queen S 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b

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Type:	Trad, 65 ft (20 m)
FA:	John Hoffman, Victor Marcus, Max Jones
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Description

This route is located on the South face of The Babylon Crag. It is a little ways up a gully and at close range reveals a very parallel, almost Indian Creek quality crack (for the first 15' or so, anyway), that gradually widens from rattly fingers to wide hands in the space of 25 feet. The steadily overhanging face gives way to a scooped ledge that continues up a perfect low-angle hand crack to a horn. It felt pretty sandbagged at the grade to me, so perhaps a more -ahem- modern consensus awaits.

It now continues into a bolted finish that is described in a neighboring route description.

Location

South face, up the hill from Far East.

Protection

A finger cam or two, singles to 1" and doubles in 2" - 3" Camalots will work. The anchor I made consisted of a shoulder length sling on the horn and a 2" Camalot. A double shoulder length sling would allow tying off a lot bigger chunk of the horn.