Crux finger crack on the second pitch of Punk Wave...
Description
Pitch 1: Start at hand crack in a corner down stream from Primitive Paradox. Follow this crack through blocky bulge working left. Follow steep face to right facing corner and a fixed belay station. Double check this anchor and back up when necessary. Pitch 2: Step left, down, then back up a flake to a finger crack past a small roof to a bolted belay station. Many parties rap here. Pitch 3: Traverse right and through huge roof following easiest path to a ledge, then continue to top.
Location
Down and right of Primitive Paradox. At the obvious hand crack in a corner.
Protection
Standard Rack, long slings. Tag line may be helpful if rapping from second pitch.
Couple things: First, you can link the first two pitches easily with a 70m rope. Second, the last move on this route is probably way harder than 10a. You're standing on a big ledge at that point and can contemplate is as long as you want, but it's a hard layback move off a crimp to gain the top of the 10' block and the walkoff. Finally, there are a couple of finishes to the second pitch, you can stay in the crack, which goes off fingers for the last move or two to the belay, or move left to some slightly easier face climbing and traverse back right almost even with the belay.
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