Ascent Notes for: Harvest Moon - 5.11a Average Rating : 4.00/5

But sort of short. Also toproped the direct start - it's very sustained and full-value.

Great sustained climbing, this crack needs to be a few hundred feet longer. The business is pretty G, although the blind placements from the chimney are pretty spicy but you can get a good luck before committing to the move.

A #4 protects the initial move out of the chimney.

second attempt. green alien and/or #7/#8 BD nuts protect the initial difficulties. Unique for the Gunks.

excellent crack with some tricky pro. sustained and hard. onsight direct start with an existing piece to protect opening moves. Direct start about 11+.
Stiff for 11 A but par for the Gunks.

One of the only true jam cracks in the Gunks, steep fingers to tight hands. Followed Jackflash in June 2007, fell on lead with Ursasaur in August 2008, and finally got the clean lead in October 2009. Blind placements in the crack before committing to the moves are necky. At the risk of a lawsuit, I'll say that a green alien and red c3 worked well for me.

...sort of. fell twice attempting to transition from L to R, went straight up R from hanging, not sure if i could on lead? sustained. don't fall out of the chimney...

there is nothing 5.9 about this crack. I thought it was quite stiff for the grade, both enduro, and hard moves. Excellent, though; can't wait to try the direct start.

Protects well. Lead falls from anywhere could be bad. You can hit block on climbers right. starting on the Mincer is more fun and adds a few feet of well protected 5.11-.

Nice cool air vent and in shade on a hot day. Scarry getting into crack with the last good piece well below your feet. Good pro once you transition into the crack. Well protected crux, not to hard if you like crack.

Committing moves to get into the initial crack from the chimney, and very nice climbing above that as the crack widens from thin fingers to wide hands. Beautiful line.