Ascent Notes for: Swallow Crack - 5.6 popular Average Rating : 3.58/5

But fun!

super sweet!

Easy to protect route with medium nuts and small to medium cams.

I thought this was a great climb. It's half face climbing on a left-leaning slab - and half using the crack in the dihedral to your right. You can treat it as a face, you can stem on it, or you can use the crack - varied climbing.

Protects very well with small-medium gear - and there were a pair of pitons and a stuck nut (still there as of March 2010) along the way to use. Top Roping this is tricky due to a fairly big swing from the anchors - I suggest using the pitons with some slings as directionals - and clipping them as you lower for the next climber. A 60m rope just reaches the ground.

Easy descent off to the right - rap station about 20 feet to the right on a giant boulder. You need a 60m rope to reach the ground - otherwise you can hike out back to the base of Discover Wall, or rap on a route with intermediate belay points like Portent.

Fun crack with some foot holds on face.

A good route for trad practice for a seasoned trad master... not a great route for a first time leader as the rock requires good technique to place good pro although good stances are abundant all the way up.. i would give the top part 5.5 runout, and a little longer than a newbie would be comfortable doing. most people say bring shoes to walk off, i say bring water, its hot up there when your waiting for your second.

Rock quality is mediocre, but the climb gets points as a nice, chill, lengthy pitch. Plenty of gear placements, but doesn't exactly swallow the gear.

there is an awesome chockstone on this route!

Easy, solid holds. An exciting full pitch climb. End of crack is barely runout with newer bolt at second piton. Don't walkoff, 60m rope rappels on bolts from nearby boulder at topout. Would climb it again!

My first time on the sharp end, hauling the rack, placing the pro. I concur that the placements aren't so easy to find, and the rock, while fairly well cleaned by so many ascents, is still Pinnacles rock: friable, crumbly choss that's liable to come out in one's hand. This is one where you simply DO NOT FALL.