Beginner's Hand Jam 5.9
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| Type: | Trad, TR, 1 pitch, 60 feet |
| Consensus: | 5.9 [details] |
| FA: | Carl Horak & Lou Horak, 1971 |
| Submitted By: | Mark Mathis on Jul 19, 2007 |
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Despite the name, near the top the route is a nice...
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Description The best route here at this grade. Perfect hands for ~20ft to a ledge, then small hands to fingers on increasingly thinner ground to the belay ledge.
Location Find the perfect hand crack towards the right hand side of the cliff. Belay from the top and walk off (to the right).
Protection Standard light trad rack (set of nuts, set of cams).
Bill above the all-too-short hand jamming and enjo...
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Beginner's Hand Jam
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Devin Shunk ready for the business on Beginner's H...
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Such a good climb, I wish there were more like it ...
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Quality jams on a beautiful NM day.
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| Comments on Beginner's Hand Jam |
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By caughtinside
From: Oakland CA
Aug 15, 2007
| Too bad the anchor bolts got chopped. The climbing and the gear at the top stinks. |
By Jason Hundhausen
From: Bozeman, MT
Sep 13, 2007
rating: 5.9
| I agree that it's unfortunate that the bolted anchors at the top got chopped, but the pro at the top (after you top out) is very good and very solid--stoppers and #2-#3 Camalots go well. |
By Logan Eckhardt
From: Albuquerque
Jan 31, 2008
| Call the local Radio Shack and ask for Mr. Horak. I'm sure he could tell you who did the FA on many of these you have questions about. |
By Jason Halladay
Administrator
From: Los Alamos, NM
Aug 26, 2010
rating: 5.9
| It's very reasonable to go left to the anchor for Cactus Climb once you get on the big ledge near the top of this route. A .4 and/or .5 camalot serves well as a directional between the two routes. |
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