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Description
Geek Crack is an OK route that starts off with grungy climbing to get up to a thin seam/crack in a slab, about 100' up. The seam/crack portion is pretty fun.
Start on the same tombstone flake as for '
Illusion Chain
' (far right side of buttress, just left of low lying roofs). Scramble up, zig-zagging a bit to find the path of least resistance, as well as 2 or 3 bolts and possible supplemental gear until you get to a bushy ledge just below the seam. Clip a buttonhead and make a tricky step up over a small roof to get established. Ease your way up the seam, protecting with small cams and wires. Microstoppers (
i.e.
RPs, BD micro, HB offset) are helpful. After about 20 feet, it eases up and you can cruise easily to the same anchors as for '
Illusion Chain
'.
Location
The far right side of snake buttress, just left of the large roof that is 20' feet off the ground, and just right of a slot /gully /chimney /dihedral sort of thing.
Protection
Several bolts, good ones down low, but an old buttonhead at the crux getting over the small roof. A good selection of wires and micro wires, tcus or aliens, and a light rack of cams to hand sized.
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