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Dynamite Crack
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Routes in The Cookie Cliff
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Aftershock T,TR 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c |
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America's Cup T 5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b PG13 |
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Anathema T 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b |
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Banana Dreams T 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a |
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Beverly's Tower T 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a |
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Butterballs T 5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a |
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Butterfingers T 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c |
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Catchy T 5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b |
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Catchy Corner T 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c |
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Chicken Delight TR 5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b |
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Chips Ahoy S 5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b |
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Cleft, The T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a |
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Coffin Nail S 5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b |
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Cookie Cutter S 5.13b 8a 29 IX+ 30 E7 6c |
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Cookie Left Side T 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a |
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Cookie Monster S 5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a |
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Cookie-Center, The T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a |
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Cookie-Right, The T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a |
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Crack-a-Go-Go T 5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a PG13 |
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Dynamite Crack V0+ 4+ |
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Elevator Shaft, The T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c R |
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Enema, The T 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c |
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Enigma, The T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a |
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Girls Just Want To Have Fun S 5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a |
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Hardd T 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c PG13 |
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Jardine's Hand T 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c |
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Meat Grinder T 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b |
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Orangutan Arch T 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c |
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Outer Limits T 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b |
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Pringles S 5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c |
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Red Zinger T 5.11+ 7a 24 VIII 24 E4 6a |
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Renegade, The T 5.13b/c 8a+ 29 X- 30 E7 6c |
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Stigma, The T A3 |
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Tennessee Wall (P1: Tennessee Strings) T 5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b |
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Twilight Zone T 5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b |
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Twinkie T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a |
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Vendetta T 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b |
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Void Continuation T 5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b R |
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Waverly Wafer T 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c |
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Wheat Thin T 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b |
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| Type: | Boulder, 20 ft (6 m) |
| FA: | unknown |
| Page Views: | 3,212 total · 24/month |
| Shared By: | Bryan G on Jan 29, 2013 |
| Admins: | Mike Morley, Adam Stackhouse, Salamanizer Ski, Justin Johnsen, Vicki Schwantes |
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Description
Ok, so this isn't on the Cookie Cliff (actually it's over a mile away) but you start the approach from the base of the Cookie and I didn't want to make a whole new area for one 20ft crack so this seems like as good a place as any to list this climb.
Dynamite Crack is either a classic boulder problem, or a not-that-great and ridiculously short TR/lead - sort of like Circuit Breaker. It's got quite an approach for such a small amount of climbing. From the toe of the Cookie Cliff, follow the Old Cookie Road southwest and uphill towards Foresta. It's hard to believe that cars were driving on this thing just over 30 years ago, because at times the road is wickedly overgrown and not even visible. Some minor bushwhacking may be required which will suck with a pad on your back.
Within a few minutes you will pass a long, 35ft tall cliff on the right side of the road/trail. Near the right side, behind a big oak tree, is a nice 10a finger crack in a right facing corner. This is not Dynamite Crack, but you should stop to climb it anyways, since it's on the way. Due to it's height it's really more of a 5.10a boulder problem followed by a 5.6 free-solo to top out.
From here continue another mile up the Old Cookie Rd, eventually passing in altitude from the brushy scrub-oak typical of the Lower Merced, into more of a pine forest environment. When you reach a section where the asphalt road is seriously undercut with a large steel cable showing, and you have to traverse a narrow path, then you know you are starting to get close.
At a flat and open area with lots of tall pine trees, you can see the flat top of the boulder with Dynamite Crack a couple hundred feet off to the left (downhill) of the trail. Dynamite Crack is the obvious splitter on the southwest side of the boulder. The crux is the first 6 ft of finger stacks and thin hands. The upper bulge offers better handjam pods at a committing height.
Dynamite Crack is either a classic boulder problem, or a not-that-great and ridiculously short TR/lead - sort of like Circuit Breaker. It's got quite an approach for such a small amount of climbing. From the toe of the Cookie Cliff, follow the Old Cookie Road southwest and uphill towards Foresta. It's hard to believe that cars were driving on this thing just over 30 years ago, because at times the road is wickedly overgrown and not even visible. Some minor bushwhacking may be required which will suck with a pad on your back.
Within a few minutes you will pass a long, 35ft tall cliff on the right side of the road/trail. Near the right side, behind a big oak tree, is a nice 10a finger crack in a right facing corner. This is not Dynamite Crack, but you should stop to climb it anyways, since it's on the way. Due to it's height it's really more of a 5.10a boulder problem followed by a 5.6 free-solo to top out.
From here continue another mile up the Old Cookie Rd, eventually passing in altitude from the brushy scrub-oak typical of the Lower Merced, into more of a pine forest environment. When you reach a section where the asphalt road is seriously undercut with a large steel cable showing, and you have to traverse a narrow path, then you know you are starting to get close.
At a flat and open area with lots of tall pine trees, you can see the flat top of the boulder with Dynamite Crack a couple hundred feet off to the left (downhill) of the trail. Dynamite Crack is the obvious splitter on the southwest side of the boulder. The crux is the first 6 ft of finger stacks and thin hands. The upper bulge offers better handjam pods at a committing height.
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