Whiskey Crack 5.10c/d
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| Type: | Trad, 2 pitches, 250 feet |
| Consensus: | 5.10c/d [details] |
| FA: | FA: Barlow & Dawson. FFA: Pulaski |
| Submitted By: | phil broscovak on Apr 7, 2008 |
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Whiskey Crack - the Tom Pulaski 5.10 testpiece.
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Description Whiskey Crack is an absolute classic and one of the original Taylor Canyon testpieces. In my day, if you could lead Whiskey Crack, you had arrived.
The climbing of crux pitch involves steep technical face climbing and thin crack work over small wired pro. The tendency is to try to snug into the v groove for security, but the key is to stay on the outside. This is a stellar route.
Location First Buttress Main Wall (Parking lot wall).
Between the Sun Deck and The Big Roof lies a Straight as an arrow thin crack in a shallow grove. This is the crux pitch of Whiskey Crack.
Protection Wired nuts provide good but sometimes difficult to get protection.
Great route, past the slightly sketchy crux.
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Closer to the top.
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Looking up Whiskey Crack.
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Thinking "outside the slot" at the crux.
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Colleen pulls into the crux of P1.
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P1 of Whiskey Crack.
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Colleen scopes the route ahead. P1 of Whiskey Crac...
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| Comments on Whiskey Crack |
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By YDPL8S
From: Santa Monica, Ca.
Apr 7, 2008
rating: 5.10+
| Thanks Phil!!!! |
By YDPL8S
From: Santa Monica, Ca.
Jun 5, 2009
rating: 5.10+
| Morkel, Great shots! "past the slightly sketchy crux", I'll say! Your partner looks much more relaxed than I ever was on that thing. |
By morkel
Jun 9, 2009
| Hey thanks, the partner is very reliable. This route is one of those leads that take a little extra time, it seemed anyway. Top notch. |
By phil broscovak
From: Boo-older, Co.
Dec 7, 2011
| The name for this route comes from a bet. Kenny Marx told Tom Pulaski "If you free it, I'll buy you a bottle of whiskey". Tom did and the rest is hic history. |
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