PRINT: Rock Climb Unknown 5.9, Yosemite National Park

Unknown 5.9

5.9, Trad, 50 ft (15 m),

Avg: 1.9 from 40 votes
FA: unknown
California > Yosemite NP > Yosemite Valley > Valley S Side > N Sentinel Creek Area

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Description

A nice short hand crack, a little dirty but will clean up over time. It shares an anchor with the climb on the right.

Location

On the far left of the main wall there are two hand sized cracks a few feet apart from each other. This is the left one

Protection

.3-3 with doubles in .5-1 if you want.

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unknown 5.9 left crack

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Tomko
SANTA CLARA CA

Pretty good but it has suspect gear for the first 20 or so feet. It looks like it will be good from the ground, but the flake on one side of the crack wiggles a little bit. I don't think you'd want to fall on gear right here... Oct 14, 2018

Mike McL
South Lake Tahoe

Agreed that the gear is suspect for the first 20 feet or so. You'd be protecting behind flakes that are jammed in the crack which don't seem too solid. Nov 13, 2018

Jay Drew

Just to clarify; the 5.9 route is the crack on the left in this picture, not the route with the climber on it. Jul 5, 2020

Jan Tarculas
San Diego, Ca

5.10-

I thought this route was actually harder than Hari-Kiri. Guide book says 0.4-2 but it can actually takes gear to 3 inch and I believe I placed both my number 3s. Jul 4, 2023

bob steed
Gilroy, CA

This crack and the one to the right share a two bolt anchor about 80' up. Sep 28, 2023