Christian Crack  5.6

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Type:  Trad, Alpine, 1 pitch Consensus:  5.6 [details] FA:  Gary Hicks and companion, 1977 Submitted By:  Bill Lawry on Sep 6, 2008 You & This Route  |  Other Opinions (2) Your todo list: Your stars: Your rating: -none- [change] Your ticklist: [add new tick]

Paige W belaying Eric G. Camera courtesy of [[106...

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Description 

Start from the top of Flail Out or the top of the 1st pitch of Gemstone. Work your way up the crack to where it pinches down (crux) just below a large chockstone. Work up past the chockstone to bolted anchors shared with Gemstone route. Double rope rap with 60 meter ropes gets you to the ground.

The rating of 5.6 comes from Barry and Rita Loucks' guide. I felt like the crux was more like 5.7, albeit only a couple moves.

Location 

Christian Crack is in a left facing dihedral just west of the 2nd pitch of Gemstone. See a marked-up version of a photo from Monomaniac on the Gemstone West page.

Protection 

Standard rack.