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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Dec 14, 2009 - 10:43pm PT
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Tales,
Nine Lives,
Cow crack,
Spectreman
Assembly line
Deseret Moon
no particular order.
(that one on 'Tricks' is pretty cool, too
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More Air
Trad climber
S.L.C.
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Dec 15, 2009 - 12:51am PT
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A 220' hand crack on pitch 6 Silmaril, The Watchman, Zion
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Watusi
Social climber
Newport, OR
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Dec 15, 2009 - 01:30am PT
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I didn't see anyone mention Perpetual Motion or O'Kelley's cracks at Josh...They are pretty cool...Or More Monkey...
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Seamstress
Trad climber
Yacolt, WA
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Dec 15, 2009 - 01:33am PT
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Outer Space on Snow Creek Wall - Amazing, comfy, feet don't need to go into the crack
3rd pitch of Tranquility at Whitehorse, South Buttress
Solar on DT - ok that was fist for me, but hands for hubby
Exasperator at Squamish Chief - first pitch straight up 10a, second pitch zigzags at 10c.
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alpinerockfiend
Trad climber
greater Yosemite
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Dec 15, 2009 - 01:36am PT
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Nobody has mentioned Phobos yet! I think that thing is a great handcrack.
As for Indian Creek, I thought the unnamed corner at the Broken Tooth was AWESOME! 120' of #2 hands, pulling through three different bulges... very nice.
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le_bruce
climber
Oakland: what's not to love?
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Dec 15, 2009 - 02:11am PT
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-The last 125 ft of Vanishing Point, after the roof and .10+ off fingers, is pure, mellow 5.8 handcrack heaven, and in a killer setting, with a neat perch to sit on once you top out.
-The Henries are beautiful mountains. As seen from the West:
-Found this 150 ft handcrack somewhere on the Colorado Plateau, neither it nor anything for miles around it seemed to have been climbed. I slotted the first few jams but then kept on with our trip, so probably still unclimbed. The unclimbed CP must be riddled with lines like this.
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adam d
climber
closer to waves than rock
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Dec 15, 2009 - 02:16am PT
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p1 of Igor Unchained in the Needles...
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ionlyski
Trad climber
Kalispell, Montana
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Dec 15, 2009 - 02:19am PT
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However, Exasperator is fingers, and even tips, not perfect hands.
Fun though!
Arne
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mike m
Trad climber
black hills
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Dec 15, 2009 - 11:49pm PT
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As mentioned earlier. Devil's Tower has a few good ones. TAD, El Cracko Diablo, Solar, Assembly Line, 2nd pitch of One Way Sunset, 3rd of Tulgey Wood, a good chunck of Walt Bailey, Burning Daylight, Bonne Homme Variation and Belle Fourche Butress, McCarthy Free 2nd pitch. I've herd that Witchie has the best hand crack at the tower, but I have not done it. Classic Crack, Nic of Time, and Kamps Crack in the Needles have some nice hands.
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Captain...or Skully
Social climber
Top of the 5.2-5.12 Boulder
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Dec 15, 2009 - 11:53pm PT
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Fabulous shot, MoreAir.
Digging 'hands'.
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mike m
Trad climber
black hills
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Dec 15, 2009 - 11:54pm PT
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I hear Freemont Canyon has some good hands.
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flyingkiwi1
Trad climber
Seattle WA
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Dec 16, 2009 - 12:41am PT
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Split Pillar, Grand Wall, Squamish.
This is the pitch that, more than any other, makes you feel universe-blessed to be big-of-hand. After the first red camalot, it's pure, gradually- and gracefully-widening pleasure.
Ian
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jfs
Trad climber
Upper Leftish
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Dec 16, 2009 - 12:49am PT
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For a single pitch climb, this one holds its own...
too bad I don't have a better picture of it...
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
sorry, just posting out loud.
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Dec 16, 2009 - 02:55am PT
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RORP
Reppys
and Goldrush are on the list now.
thx!
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Rudder
Trad climber
Santa Rosa, CA
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Dec 16, 2009 - 05:39am PT
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Although not top to bottom splitters... I can think of a couple of cracks I like:
Flower of High Rank -- Suicide
Illusion Dweller -- Joshua Tree
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Alpinist63
Mountain climber
neverfarawayfromtherocks
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Dec 16, 2009 - 06:45am PT
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a very cool handsize crack in europe is orrechio del pachidermo (ear of the elephant) in val del orco on the caporal wall. A must for every crackclimber!
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le_bruce
climber
Oakland, CA
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Jan 11, 2016 - 02:48pm PT
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What about past-vertical hand cracks? Rare in granite. Who's got 'em?
Reaching for a gold or blue cam with one hand while a bunch of your body weight is hanging off a perfect jam (and not because of bad footwork, it's just steep). That's a rad feeling.
Two past-vertical hand pitches I thought were stellar:
-Uprising
-Windfall steep pitch
What others are out there?
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Evel
Trad climber
Nedsterdam CO
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Jan 11, 2016 - 03:39pm PT
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The Flame on Pikes peak.
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Gooney
Trad climber
Boulder, CO
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Jan 11, 2016 - 04:02pm PT
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Arching Jams, Pericle, Pikes Peak gets my vote.
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