Nitka  5.9+

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Type:  Sport Consensus:  5.9+ [details] FA:  Kurowski, Ruff 1957 FFA: Z.Czyzewski 1976 Submitted By:  Mark Roth on Jul 17, 2010 You & This Route  |  Other Opinions (2) Your todo list: Your stars: Your rating: -none- [change] Your ticklist: [add new tick]

looking up the crack

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Description 

Nitka has steep, pumpy, and great varied moves. Unfortunately it is also a bolted crack. I know some would be infuriated by this but I fully enjoyed clipping my way up this one...
(The giant block/flake that forms the crack is completely detached, so maybe the bolts are a good idea. Either way your belayer would be crushed if it came off... so try not to think about that and enjoy!)

Location 

There is a giant boulder at the base on the right side of the west face. An easy scramble leads to the starting ledge above this boulder.

Protection 

12 bolts, 2 bolt anchor

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cranking away...