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Insidious Crack - 5.6 popular

Average Rating = 4.12/5 Average Rating : 4.12 out of 5
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Route Summary | Ascent Notes (16)
Rock
Mostly Nuts and/or small cams
Consensus Ratings
  Difficulty 5.6
  Safety Rating G
  Exposure 4.00/5
  Rock Quality 4.00/5
  Scenery 4.75/5
  Fun Factor 4.25/5

Description:

Follow the crack to the left. Second pitch is up and and to the right of the first pitch.

Submitted by: hansensv on 2004-09-09
Views: 527
Route ID: 59237

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Ratings
  Difficulty
  Safety Rating G
Onsight Onsight ascent by: amdahllywd on 2008-10-03 (View Climbing Log)

3 out of 5 stars followed

I'm not good enough to lead at this point but my brother lead this for his first rout. It's perfect for a first time leading

Added: 2009-11-03

Ratings
  Difficulty 5.6
  Safety Rating PG13
  Exposure
  Rock Quality
  Scenery
  Fun Factor
Onsight Onsight ascent by: sclaussen on 2009-09-06 (View Climbing Log)

5 out of 5 stars Nice lead

I top-roped this last weekend and then led it. As a relatively new leader I thought it was very nice. There's a section about a third of the way up that flares and doesn't protect well, but otherwise it protects very nicely - with many different options in terms of sizes - everything from yellow alien to BD#4. We went up to the left and belayed at a tree. From there it's class 3 to the top and there's a nice class 2 or 3 trail down the back side. We didn't do pitches 2 and 3 because the beta for these is pretty poor and the climb is really all about this first pitch. There are three other great climbs right beside this one - two bolted face climbs and then jellyroll arch (a 5.8 trad route).

Added: 2009-09-10

Ratings
  Difficulty
  Safety Rating G
Onsight Onsight ascent by: dalysimo on 2009-07-08 (View Climbing Log)

4 out of 5 stars Good begginers route

Nice and fun.

Added: 2009-09-02

Ratings
  Difficulty
  Safety Rating G
  Exposure
  Rock Quality
  Scenery
  Fun Factor
Red Point Red Point ascent by: msweet1985 on 2009-07-18 (View Climbing Log)

4 out of 5 stars Fun warm-up

Nice warm-up lead for a beginning leader. No real crux area I didn't think. Beautiful views over donner lake and whatnot.

Added: 2009-07-20

Ratings
  Difficulty 5.6
  Safety Rating G
  Exposure
  Rock Quality
  Scenery
  Fun Factor
Onsight Onsight ascent by: eazyclimb on 1993-06-01 (View Climbing Log)

5 out of 5 stars Good old Insidious

the first accent was done free solo.

Added: 2008-10-01

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