Gem 

From the ground this think looks steep - and it is. It also looks like it should be a lot of fun, but the 'problem' is very, very gritty rock. Busted up my hands through my tape gloves!

Steep, gread jams, a lot of fun is you don't mind the pain. Unfortunately that spoiled it for me.

The rock is not "gritty" (meaning loose ballbearings on surface); it is quite solid. The texture of all the cracks on this wall is coarse (but solid). Good jamming technique will allow you to easily climb it without tape and without damage to your hands.

Well, good technique or not, if I ever climb this route again, I'm going to tape my left arm to the elbow.

I agree with Woody. Whatever term used, it was rough rock. Not chossy, but a grinder nevertheless.

2nd half of this crack is pure jamming. Great way to force new crack climbers to learn jamming techniques.

This route has teeth! I don't use mitts or tape but after climbing this route I was thinking about it!!

Fun but tough on the back of the hands. Ouch.

It's true, the crack is very coarse, but the saving grace is the crystals are not sharp, they're pretty polished. The jug handle feature at the bottom is kinda cool, but I can't believe people sling it for pro...seems less than solid to me, to the point I wouldn't even pull on it.

This crack was GREAT!!! My jams felt so solid throughout the whole climb and my hands didn't get beat up like they do in most J-Tree cracks! Loved it!

This was my first handjam crack and first lead with a new partner, so I wanted to look awesome. My hands were sooooo tight in this crack that I lost about three layers of skin when I was finally out of it. Like putting ones fingers into a puppy's mouth.