What a view from the top! Scored a brand new black Metolius, too!

All Locations > California > Yosemite NP > Tuolumne Meadows > DAFF Area > DAFF Dome > W Face > W Crack (5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a)

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Route Overlay West Crack.

2 teams on West Crack

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Nolan Slade

Nov 9, 2019

“What a view from the top! Scored a brand new black Metolius, too!”

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A party on pitch 3 or 4, late in the day.

Chuck on p3's steep sustained fingers crack! Awesome pitch!

Peter Croft Climbing into the sun on West Crack

Soloist on the West Crack

Greg helpfully demonstrates the short-person beta for the opening moves on pitch 2 of West Crack.

Pitch 3

Pitch one. <br>
The fun-ness!<br>
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June 2009

"West Crack".<br>
Photo by Blitzo.

West Crack, DAFF

friday afternoon: rush hour on west crack

Great route, great finger crack!

Rapping Daff Dome after climbing West Crack with permission from Jean (July 2005)

Summit View

Route Overlay West Crack.

2 teams on West Crack

Rapping off Daff Dome

Starting up pitch 3

start of first pitch

Lisa Pritchett on West Crack

Pitch 4

The descent 'directly across from fairview'

Keith Nannery passing the bolt on pitch 1

Tamara nearing the end of p1's steep diagonal finger crack! At this point one can escape straight up on 5.8 face moves.

Nice crack on pitch 2

DAFF from space, showing the location of the rappel. From the summit wander down the slabs to the east facing the meadows. Look for the tree and the boulder, chains are on the face below the boulder. One 70 mm rope will get you to the ground, or two 60s.

Nice hand crack!

Glorious knobs render big cams all but useless on the 60' of OW on P2 of West Crack

Mike Toffey nears the top of pitch 1 with bolt at crux near the bottom.

endless line of climbers (p1 and start of p2)

Topping out on West Crack - what a view!

Mateo following P.1!

Knobs on pitch 1

West Crack (5.9) 10/2016

Matt Spaun on West Crack

P1 West Crack

Claire Rasmussen moving past pitch one crux at bolt...

Jonny having a blast on P-3.<br>
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What an awesome climb!

west crack/blown away is the obvious line right of the tree

Paul leading the first pitch of west crack. The belay ledge is more comfy than it looks from here.

Top of Daff Dome with permission from Jean (July 2005)

Brad Davidson on pitch one.

Leader on P2

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