Phantom Crack  5.9

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Type:  Trad, TR, 1 pitch, 90 feet Consensus:  5.9 [details] FA:  Submitted By:  Ian Harmon on May 24, 2006 You & This Route  |  Other Opinions (45) Your todo list: Your stars: Your rating: -none- [change] Your ticklist: [add new tick]

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Description 

One of the classics of the area, and the back cover of Mountaineering Freedom of the Hills 6th Ed. Climb a somewhat chossy slab (5.6) with limited protection to a small ledge with a hand crack in it. Jam the crack to the top (5.9). Some people do this as one pitch or set up a belay at the ledge below the hand crack. You can easily rap in with a single 60m rope, not sure about 50m.

• RCM&W #42, p.214.

Location 

Phantom crack lies about 10 yards north of a rock retaining wall overlook in a corner. The crack is clearly visible from further down the cliff, making it quite photogenic.

Protection 

Nuts and small cams for the bottom. Hand sized hexes and cams for the top. For the top rope setup I found a large cam (fist sized), nuts and tri-cams are helpful.

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Anna jams Phantom crack.	Divesh Bhatt leads Phantom Crack.	Unknown climber on Phantom
Second in sequence of unknown climber	Final shot of unknown climber	Derek Jamming up the top of Phantom Crack
me leading phantom. Photo: Taylor Krosbakken	andrew seconding phantom Photo: Taylor Krosbakken	me leading phantom in 2008
BETA PHOTO: Mark Bratlie on the ledge between the 5.6 lower se...	Mat Sahli Leading Phantom Crack	Andrea up in the crux crack.