Ascent Notes for: Hackberry Crack - 5.9 popular Average Rating : 4.75/5

fun route good jams all the way up one of my favorites on the westside

Super fun.

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This was an alright climb. It was also wet and that took away from the climb. I also found that there were a lot of holds outside of the "splitter". Not sure if it was a 5.9.... guess I may have more trad experience than the 5.9 HSC climber? It was fun though.

My first trad 9, was great fun, with the crux nicely protectable with a 3.5 friend. Good moves and pro throughout. A little wet at the time we did it, but lots of fun. I also cleaned the tree that was hanging over the anchors on this one. The root system is still there, but it's not in the way, and doesn't look like it'll come loose anytime soon.

I tried this route back before I knew how to hand-jam...that didn't work out too well, and I ended up making it about 10 feet off the ground and swearing that Hackberry was the hardest 5.9 ever.
Today it was incredible- crack candy.

pumped out clipping the cam on the crux and had to take

fun but bring a lot of yellow and blue c4's

the air in the crack is very cool

After warming up on Tree Beard. This was the climb for me. After racking up and having a good look at the route. I went for it, this was a great lead and onsight for me. Definately felt more like a solid 5.9 (not 5.9-) especially the crux, but as this is only my third hand jam crack climb take this with a grain of salt.

Thanks Allan for the great belay. Definately the best climb of the weekend.