Upper Kor's Crack  5.9

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Type:  Trad, TR, 45 feet Consensus:  5.9 [details] FA:  Layton Kor, 1968 Submitted By:  Jason Hundhausen on Feb 25, 2008 You & This Route  |  Other Opinions (15) Your todo list: Your stars: Your rating: -none- [change] Your ticklist: [add new tick]

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Description 

Start by ascending a thin finger crack with a small, hand-sized pod and a triangular block at the top; a blank face on the right keeps things interesting here. About 15 feet up you gain a ledge and then continue your way left up a nice dihedral split by a thin-hands to fingers to perfect-hands crack. Crux seems to be getting into the crack above as it leans out left and overhangs ever so slightly. Very fun route and a classic at Potrillo!

Location 

Begin 10 feet to the left of Lower Kor's Crack. It is route #13 in the Potrillo miniguide and shares the start with Gymnast

Protection 

1 set cams (0.5 to #2 Camalot); 1 set stoppers protects the bottom section quite well.
2-bolt anchor, reachable from the top, was installed to prevent further damage to trees.