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Leavenwork:

Air Roof (a little thin but there is a hand or two mixed in wink.gif

Easter overhang ( a little wide but a hand or two also)

Corner Crack

Hyperspace (the upper twin crack are perfect)

Catapult (a favorite hand crack)

Start in the left hand cracks at the base for the Burgner Stanley on Prusik.

 

Index:

Thin fingers

Davis Holland (parts of)

Gonzilla/Slow Children (parts of)

 

Vantage:

Sex Party

 

Minni:

Strawberry Jam

Don Q.

 

Chimney Rock in the Idaho Selkirks: (the best list "locally" outside Squamish)

 

Illusions-Free Friends

Yahoody

Grey Matter

Greystoke

Eye of the Tiger

(and more)

 

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I consolidated this list for myself from everyone's responses, but thought others might be interested in having it in this form as well:

 

Hand Cracks of the PNW

 

Leavingwork:

Outer Space (last 2 pitches), 5.9, SCW

BOBs 6th crack 5.8+ short but sweet (icicle)

Classic crack 5.8+ Icicle creek,

right side of the pillier du cowboy boot, trundle dome

Canary, p1, Castle Rock, 5.8

Swingin Affair,

Cocaine Crack, 10a

Leap of Faith,

Careno Regular Route, 10b

Air Roof (a little thin but there is a hand or two mixed in), 11b

Easter overhang ( a little wide but a hand or two also), 10c, Midnight Rock

Corner Crack, 10a, Midnight Rock (No stars in guidebook!)

Hyperspace (the upper twin crack are perfect)

Catapult (a favorite hand crack), 5.8, castle rock

p2 Givler’s Crack, Givler’s Dome, 5.8

Supercrack, .12, Midnight Rock

Bo Derek, 10b, Givler’s Dome

 

Index:

Toxic Shock (upper half), 5.8?

Heart of the Country, 10a, p3

2nd pitch Davis Holland, 10a

Libra to slab crack, 10a

Breakfast of Champions 5.10

Japanese Gardens, p1 has some great hand...to bad its so short!

Thin fingers

Godzilla/Slow Children (parts of)

 

Tieton River:

Eds' Jam, 5.8 Tieton, The Bend

 

Squish:

Le Piller de touche (Split Piller) – Squamish, 10b

Klahanie Crack at Squish, 5.7 (perfect to introduce someone to crack climbing)

Slot machine 5.8 Bulletheads

penny lane, 5.9

cat crack, 5.6

blazing saddles, 10b,

all of st vitus dance but the wide parts, 5.9

last pitch of calculus crack, 5.8

cardhu crack, 5.8

birds of prey, squamish- 10b pitch

octopus garden in the shade, 5.8, smoke bluffs

 

Autumn Crag:

Thrutch Too Much --Autumn Crag, 5.11? Awaiting a second ascent.

 

Smith Rock:

Karate Crack, Smith, 10a

Cruel Sister, .10a

 

Beacon Rock:

Dodd's jam, Beacon, 10+

Blownout, .10b

Free For All, .8

 

Washington Pass:

Last pitch W face NEWS 10a (starts fingers and widens to perfect hands, nice position!)

shield pitch on minuteman at Washington pass, 5.8

about 400 feet total of sweet 5.8 hand cracks on W face Silver star, also last pitch of 10a hands

p3 DEB SEWS has some awesome moves and is really long

 

 

Enchantments:

final pitch of Stanley/Burgner Route, .9+, Prussik Peak

first 2/3 of p6 of Stanley Burgner on Prussik is just great!

 

Vantage:

george&martha 10a (disVantage)

Sex Party

 

Hwy 2:

royalflush at swiftwater campground (overhanging handcrack boulder problem), V0+

 

Minni (I don’t know where this is):

Strawberry Jam

Don Q.

 

Chimney Rock in the Idaho Selkirks:

Illusions-Free Friends

Yahoody

Grey Matter

Greystoke

Eye of the Tiger

 

 

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I second Caveat Emptor. Really two super hard (for me) hand cracks. The 1st of two is a traversing crack angling up and right with no feet and some wonderful exposer. The next pitch is a step finger crack that then goes into a little roof move up and to the right with the crack going right out through the roof. I cussed the whole way!

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incubus said:

ScottP said:

I remember when i couldn't do it in rock shoes and now i can do it in approach shoes

ScottPee, let's please contain these types of photos to spray where they belong. Thank you. The management moon.gif

 

Oops. Sorry.

That must have been my other hand.

 

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