Ascent Notes for: Dirty Crack - 5.8 popular Average Rating : 3.22/5

Tougher this time. Had to take mid crux but finished it

very nice onsight. Did feel that it gets a worse reputation than it deserves. felt that the gear between the two trees were all pretty shotty. small c3s, wasnt too confident in any of them but partner thought they were ok. good route - will do again

Nice day but still some left over ice and snow in the area and as a result some sections of the route had ice in the cracks and dripping wet spots, notably the section below the first tree. Still, in spite of that the friction and foot dishes were good enough that I made it through that OK and slung the first tree without getting too freaked out. However I blew it making the move up to the next little tree at the route's crux and caught some air, taking me down to somewhere near the first tree. The pin scars in the corner take really solid gear though (yay grey .4 camalot!) and the low angle make the fall pretty minor even though I went a bit further than I was expecting. Finagled my way up through on the 2nd attempt although it felt harder than 8 the way I did it, but whatever the grades at Stone seem more subjective than a lot of other places I've climbed. Once over the crux I was thinking a big cam would have been nice (to have something more solid than slinging that puny tree) but it's a couple fairly moderate moves before the going gets super easy and you're done.

Good route.

I have lead a couple of 5.9s at Stone, so wasn't expecting to be challenged on this one, but I took my first lead fall at the crux (twice), before pushing through to the tree led. Thank God for the red C3 pro in the crack at the crux!

I thought this was a clean, well protected crack for a fun way to access the tree ledge. I would recommend this climb. Plug the gear in the crack after you turn the corner and face climb or layback the corner.

good pro but a loose flake towards the bottom and the fact that the route stays wet will probably keep me from doing it again

not that great

Good climbing up the right facing corner. A little more technical than some of the other gear leads here.

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