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Straight Shooter, 5.9+ [ Sizes: Orig | Large | Med | Small | Thumb ]
Straight Shooter, 5.9+
  • Straight Shooter- 45’- 5.9+/
  • A fantastic finger crack that gets cruxy about 2/3rds of the way up. If you have larger fingers, you might think of this lead as a grade higher. I thought of Wall Street near Moab when I led this piece. This is a great lead for someone ready to push into 5.9 multi pitch trad routes. At first the wall helps you with foot features to the sides of the perfect splitter crack. Then it forces you to dig your toes in and trust your fingers for a move or two. Good stout stuff for Red Rocks 5.9, single rack to 2” is all you need. A Joe Herbst classic from 1975.
    Straight Shooter Wall, Pine Creek Canyon, Red Rocks, March, 2009


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    on Mar 12, 2009 1:00 pm

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