SXL
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Nov 17, 2014
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Unknown Hometown
· Joined Oct 2014
· Points: 10
What crack (esp. fingers/tight hands) and slab boulder problems are there at Ramapo? I recall hearing about some V4 finger crack and some other quality stuff. Appreciate any pointers in advance!
kenr
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Nov 18, 2014
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Unknown Hometown
· Joined Oct 2010
· Points: 16,608
There's no shortage of cracks around Powerlinez. Which ones require (or support) suatained jamming techniques is another question. And which of those count as bouldering as opposed to Top-Rope is yet another question.
There's at least two cracks at the right end of Basilisk wall. Two on the cliff just below right from Tower wall. Climbs with short crack sections on the main Tower wall include "No Rest for the Wicked"
Those will have opportunities to make some moves on hand or finger jams, but I wouldn't count on sustained jamming sections.
Slabs for Top-Rope range from easy at Three Bears area (just west of Tower Wall) to as hard as you want (left side of Basilisk).
For big slabs (not currently open for technical roped climbing), there is the whole southeast wall of the Ramapo Torne peak (GPS lat long ~ N41.15150 W74.16266 ) -- the obvious inviting rock summit highly visible from the NY Thruway above the Powerlinez crags - (The R T summit is easier to reach by trails from parking the north side, but it's a fun bushwhack up to the west face route from the Powerlinez side).
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