BETA PHOTO: Birthday Crack (9) and Birthday Chimney (10)
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The Birthday Crack is one of the better-known climbs at the Lake. It is a fun and challenging climb with a pretty sustained crack. Start out to the left of the Birthday Chimney (route 10) below the junction of a vertical and horizontal crack. Climb up the vertical crack into the pocket at the junction of the two cracks. Don't get yourself too far back into this pocket or you'll get stuck. Reach high (real high) with both hands and pull up on a juggy hold to get above the pocket. The top half of the climb is slightly easier with a nice sustained 20-foot crack to the top.
The crux is in the first third of the route. At the point where it bulges out where the main vertical crack and a horizontal crack meet. After that, smooth sailing.
This is on of my favorites. Good clean moves with smooth transitions. The crux is defiantly in beginning, where the vertical and horizontal cracks meet.
My Name is Patrick McPhee Prairie du Sac Fire Search & Rescue OR Rock Rescue Team for Devils lake State Park. Could I get all the GPS readings that you may have. This summer I'm going to try to get alot of readings of the park. Thank You
Patrick K. McPhee p_mcphee@hotmail.com Prairie du Sac Fire Search & Rescue
This is a good climb. I was at DL last weekend and climbed it. I feel sorry for the shorter climbers out there like my friend HARRIS manily because if you tall enough there is nice positive grip on the left witch is really easy to reach if your 6.2 but not if your 5.10. although i think the climb was more enjoyable to him.
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