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Nutcracker

The somewhat famous crux mantle move on pitch 5 of Nutcracker line (March 2007).
rpc
on Mar 19, 2007 8:49 pm
Lat/Lon: 37.74000°N / 119.58°W
Image Type(s): Rock Climbing
Image ID: 279352

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pvalchev

pvalchev - Mar 25, 2007 6:04 am - Voted 10/10

Looks fun

I guess you guys made it to California to climb! I see you've doubled up on the gear there, are these pieces the last ones you get before going for the "crux mantle"? I can see why it would be a little unnerving in that case with a ledge underneath..

rpc

rpc - Mar 26, 2007 3:56 pm - Hasn't voted

Re: Looks fun

It's a nice fun route in a fairly compact pacakge (5 pitches). Yeah, these 2 pieces would keep me from crashing into the belay anchor. There's one more micro you can stick by about my knee level but that's probably just a "mental" piece. The mantle is not terribly hard but the prospect of the bad landing made me hesitate.
Thanks for visiting.

rhyang

rhyang - Mar 26, 2007 4:19 pm - Voted 10/10

Re: Looks fun

Nice work Radek !

Peter - now I remember ... this was the route on Manure Pile Buttress we looked at back in May when it was raining and a creek was flowing down it :)

rpc

rpc - Mar 26, 2007 5:28 pm - Hasn't voted

Re: Looks fun

thanks Rob.
yeah there was a mini creek on P3 this March :)

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