A fun big hands to fists to wide crack up a nearly vertical wall. Start from a ledge inside the corridor and climb a crack as it steadily widens to offwidth just before a ledge (easier for bigger hands). Getting onto the ledge is the crux. You can either continue up an offwidth/squeeze straight up, or exit right onto the finish Two of a Kind. Either way, belay in the alcove behind the squeeze. It is highly recommended, if you do the squeeze, to either run it out, back clean, or use big bros, to prevent a snag while pulling the rope.
Location
From the base of Two of a Kind, look left into a corridor. Inside Flush is the hand crack that passes to the right of the big chockstone.
Protection
SR to 5", with a couple spares in the big hands-fists size. I didn't place anything smaller than a #1 camalot, including the anchor.
I have used the Kelman guidebook grade here, although this route felt closer to mid-range 9. I just spent the previous 10 days sport climbing, so my crack grade recognition skills are probably off.
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