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All Locations > California > Joshua Tree NP > Hidden Valley Area > Hidden Valley C… > Old Woman > Old Woman - E Face > Bearded Cabbage (5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b)
I finally sent this route by maintaining a heal-hook/toe-hook until I had my right hand high into a bomber hand jam, then moved my feet into the vertical crack.
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Chalking up before the crux move.
Art Liebacking thru the crux into the handcrack
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J-- Kaiser
Dec 22, 2019
“I finally sent this route by maintaining a heal-hook/toe-hook until I had my right hand high into a bomber hand jam, then moved my feet into the vertical crack.”  

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