jackstraw0083's Logbook (12 ascents)

Incredibly loose rock, very poor pro, and lots of hornets to top it off. Not worth it!

Planned on climbing the Flying Dutchman, but the ice hadn't fully formed yet. Nice crunchy snow on Lamb's Slide

Pretty easy climbing until you reach the fun roof move.

Pretty tough for a 5.9 slab

Rock was pretty solid with lots of protection at the bottom half and slightly less at the top half

The rock was pretty solid (especially compared to other trad climbs in the canyon) and there are some fun obstacles along the way. Once you get within 40 ft. from the top you can choose from a variety of lines to top out on. We went to the right and finished on what was probably 5.9ish, but I think if you go left the climbing stays at 5.7.

Lots of loose rock on the route. There's a 30 min. scramble up a steep scree slope to approach the climb. 3 pitches. A few different options for a first pitch; we've done what we think to be the "actual" first pitch and we've also done a different crack to the right by about 20 ft; the crack to the right was much better and had more solid rock; a large ledge allows you to traverse back on to the route. On the second pitch you have to climb a face with loose holds and very little protection, but you can avoid the toughest climbing by staying right. Be careful on pitch 2; we dislodged some huge boulders the other day, and more big, loose rock remains. Fun third pitch on good rock. Walkoff to the south.

Fun, tough route...climbing seemed to get harder on the upper half of the route

Crux is right after the first bolt and aftwerwards eases up significantly. Runout between the first and second bolt, a fall would mean decking out if you get far enough past the first bolt.

Climbed the Wittich Crack from car-summit-car in a day, with beautiful weather all day long. My advice is when you reach the large alcove near the top of the pitch, don't belay your partner up yet...continue on up. It's a pain to get out from the ledge, requiring a finger traverse directly below a roof, and it definitely increases the difficulty of the route. The rock took very well to stoppers, and a set of them was plenty for the route