Textbook Variation  5.8

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Type:  Trad, 1 pitch, 70 feet Consensus:  5.8 [details] FA:  Kent Jameson and Pat Manley, 1982 Submitted By:  tenesmus on May 4, 2007 You & This Route  |  Other Opinions (3) Your todo list: Your stars: Your rating: -none- [change] Your ticklist: [add new tick]

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Description 

This is a nice offwidth to hand crack. It has just enough features and chimneying to make it a non-suffer type of offwidth. Much less of a thrutch than the ow on Crescent Crack (for reference).

Location 

There is a pine tree where Westwind Butress meets up with a gully on its bottom and left.

Protection 

A few runners, medium nuts, a TCU or two and .75-#6 Camalot. You can exit the crack system about where there is a chockstone on edges right of the crack and there are two good nut placements in the crack on that right face. If you walk straight right and not up you can get to the bomber and new anchors of Grumpy old Men. Its really easy but a little runnout as long as you don't go too high. Otherwise, there is a nice chockstone belay and/or a tree with old, horrible slings on it from which to rap.