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Obstacle Crack

Name: Obstacle Crack
Rating: 2.0

5.10a YDS 6a French 18 Ewbanks VI+ UIAA 18 ZA E1 5a British

Routes in Hillside Crags

	All-Time Loser TR 5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c
	Birthday Mantle Of Pawtuckaway V2 5+
	Black Fly TR 5.13a/b 8a 29 IX+ 29 E7 6c
	Cauliflower V5 6C
	Flower Child V5 6C
	Flower Power V3 6A
	Flower Traverse V2 5+
	Free Base T 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
	Locomotive Breath T,TR 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Obstacle Crack T,TR 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Penguins in Bondage T 5.11- 6c 22 VIII- 22 E3 5c
	Pit, The V8-9 7B+ PG13
	Rusty Mustad V0 4
	Tabasco T 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a

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Type:	Trad, TR, 30 ft (9 m)
FA:	unknown
Page Views:	1,428 total · 8/month
Shared By:	BDalhaus on Feb 11, 2009
Admins:	BDalhaus, Brad Fauteux, Jay Knower, M Sprague, Lee Hansche, Jeffrey LeCours, Jonathan S, Robert Hall Page Updates (admin only)

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Access Issue: Parking Issues: Starting 10/24/20 a reservation will be required to park at Reservation Rd. on all days and for the Backside on the weekends. See Details

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Description

Not once have I ever seen chalk on this wall. Hopefully that changes when people realize that there are trad climbs over here. Starting just right of the Black Fly face, climb into the so-called hole in the wall, then choose your exit. This inventively named route follows the left leaning crack out left and past a chockstone to the summit.

Location

Up the trail from the Mir Boulder (aka Roadside Chimney Boulder), walk by Ethnic Cleansing & another set of boulders before a crag appears on the left with numerous cracks. This climb, the leftmost crack just right of Black Fly, has a chockstone lodged partway up.