Washington Crack Workshop

[RICHARD_CILLEY]

Don´t want to decieve anyone.That Supercrack I haven´t tried.But I ´ll go any time.

[larrythellama]

#3 camalot is still considered a hand crack unless you have no technique or are a chick.

[G-spotter]

what is you have no technique AND are a chick? is #3 camalot = chimney then?

[Gary_Yngve]

I recall Meatgrinder (in between Z Crack and Dogleg) having what seemed like a mandatory fist jam.

 

Blue camalot for me is the transition from cupped hands to fist. True fist is more like #4 friend.

[RuMR]

#3 camalot is still considered a hand crack unless you have no technique or are a chick.

 

whatever, maybe if you are a fat fuck ...i use fist jams in #3 cracks, i ain't a chick and i know how to climb cracks...

[larrythellama]

I wish I was still fat, logging does not permit excess weight.

And Rumor you are the size of a woman though!!!

[G-spotter]

Baby wholphin

[selkirk]

#3 camalot is still considered a hand crack unless you have no technique or are a chick.

 

In that case you must be 1 fat fucker

 

My technique doesn't suck, and any time I start jamming forearms and throwing in arm-bars, it aint' no f-ing hand crack. I distinctly remember the topsection where I whish I knew how stack hands/fits, and throwing in a nice knee lock to rest on.

 

I'll make you a deal... I'll belay you and you can take anything up to a 3.5 friend, which should be more than sufficient for "hands" I'd be fun to watch you try and stack cams or hexes to protect the top

 

Mushmaker is perfect hands the whole way though!

[LeatherBob]

Don´t want to decieve anyone.That Supercrack I haven´t tried.But I ´ll go any time.

 

That rock is like closed, like keep out!

[RuMR]

I wish I was still fat, logging does not permit excess weight.

And Rumor you are the size of a woman though!!!

 

a fat woman, no less...

[jmace]

The Papoose. Laid Back is 70' of grunty hands and Mushroom is a sustained thin hand crack. Mercury Vapor looks excellent as well. In the Smoke Bluffs these routes would be more popular than Penny Lane, at the Papoose they go begging for climbers. Check them out.

 

although I didnt make it to laid back..Mushroom is stellar and Mercury Vapour was awesome!!!! 10b...highly doubtful..more like 5.9..mushroom was more sustained.

 

I bet Mushroom is the first crack to dry in all of squamish..in the sun, no trees on top, in fact the crack just blanks out at the anchor. I agree with Darren..Mushroom would have a line up and poished to shit..I would do it over and over again..next time ill walk over to laid back

[jordop]

The Papoose. Laid Back is 70' of grunty hands and Mushroom is a sustained thin hand crack. Mercury Vapor looks excellent as well. In the Smoke Bluffs these routes would be more popular than Penny Lane, at the Papoose they go begging for climbers. Check them out.

 

although I didnt make it to laid back..Mushroom is stellar and Mercury Vapour was awesome!!!! 10b...highly doubtful..more like 5.9..mushroom was more sustained.

 

I bet Mushroom is the first crack to dry in all of squamish..in the sun, no trees on top, in fact the crack just blanks out at the anchor. I agree with Darren..Mushroom would have a line up and poished to shit..I would do it over and over again..next time ill walk over to laid back

 

Mushroom is fuckin DOPE I do it whenever I have 30 mins to kill.

 

Hey, how do you get to Laid Back. The new trail seems to just end at Mushroom Bash down to the old trail?

[selkirk]

Thought I would revive this thread. I haven't done nearly enough crack climbing lately and hands are soft and weak

 

I compiled all the posts into a single listing of grade, name, location, and crux/notes. A few of the climbs I don't know or don't know the grade on so I could use some help!

 

Cheers!

Josh

4488.txt

[flashclimber]

Way too much time on your hands. Maybe you should be crack climbing and not finger typing. Haha.

[selkirk]

No shit, but its hard to find good cracks at the office!

 

Edited August 24, 2011 by selkirk