Piss & Vinegar  5.9+

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Type:  Trad, 50 feet Consensus:  5.9+ [details] FA:  Shawn Johnson & Jeremy Johnson - 1997 Submitted By:  Cory on Aug 30, 2011 You & This Route  |  Other Opinions (2) Your todo list: Your stars: Your rating: -none- [change] Your ticklist: [add new tick]

Cory onsights P&V. Jocelyn T behind the lens.

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This is a splitter fist/offwidth crack in a right facing corner. It would be much more difficult if it didn't have the opposite corner to stem off of for most of the height. The rock making up the offwidth (90% of the climb) is very good, but after the crack ends you need to make a couple easy but committing face moves on less than inspiring rock.

Location 

Just to the left of "GW Love Peanut Butter"

Protection 

You could place as many #4 camalots as you want. Lacking multiple #4s, I was also able to find a place for a #5 about 1/3 the way up, and a #3 at the very top before the crack jogs left. You can place a #0.75C4 in the horizontal before the face moves, but the rock is a bit hollow sounding...

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