Ascent Notes for: Damper - 5.9 Average Rating : 3.21/5

Large hands. Stacked knees! T lead.

This was cool. More practice. I don't have the technique for this down at all. In any case, it's a stiff 5.9.

I loved this course. Felt much easier than 5.9 at Granite Mountain.

Way hard for me, since I haven't perfected crack skills yet. Definately a must do though. Easy to protect if you wanted to lead.

seconded chris

So I was on my way out of Josh Tree and I really wanted to do this crack but my partner wasn't feeling up to it. So I asked a boulderer who had just put his crash pad down if he wanted to follow and clean for me (there's no rappell off this one, only a down climb). He said he'd never really climbed trad before and would be willing if it meant he didn't have to place any gear. I asked himif he'd climbed cracks before and he said "Nope." I said "well, you won't have to place any gear, just take it out." He threw on his harness and we were off. Loved the climb, second only to Illusion Dweller in my mind, didn't loose too much skin, and the other guy said he loved it too. He had a huge smile on his face as he came over the lip at the top... And so another boulderer perhaps steps into the world of trad...

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Pretty hard

bah, so close to the flash. got my fist stuck and had to hang once, then was able to fire. great climb, though...worth doing if you need to work on fist jamming!

Followed Sean up this route. It tired me out, but was very fun indeed.