Type: Trad, 160 ft (48 m)
FA: Craig Luebben and Thor Kieser, April 1990
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Shared By: Colten Lay on Dec 21, 2021
Admins: slim, Cory N, Perin Blanchard, GRK, David Crane

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 A Craig Luebben offwidth masterpiece. This is one of the most elegant and sustained offwidth pitches in the desert. If you are an offwidth climber it is an absolute must-do. It is rumored that Luebben invented the sidewinding technique for this spectacular pitch. The pitch requires every offwidth technique from calf-locks, to knee locks, to arm-bars and chicken wings as well as a challenging 60' of sidewinding with a run-out chimney exit 

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Sidewinder is on the North side of Long Canyon 0.7 miles up canyon from Maverick Buttress or 0.1 miles up canyon from the fallen pillar. The route climbs a wide crack system up a left facing dihedral to a ledge. 

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Standard desert rack, heavy on the wide pro -- 2-4x Blue Big Bros and/or BD 7 and BD 8

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