Brontosaurus - 5.10c

nicest hand crack i've climbed. cool crux too

very nice.

Great handjams all the way to the crux, where they are not that great anymore for one move (and where I fell). Good route. Cant wait to be able to lead it :)

Even though I'm a pretty weak crack climber I foolishly decided to follow and clean this for someone. Kicked my butt, even though I slid a #2 C4 up ahead of me as a directional as I went and took breaks periodically. I did learn a bit about crack climbing technique the hard way. Such as: It is important to cam your right foot into the crack to take a lot of the load. Lie-backing this crack will make a hard problem even harder. The crux was annoyingly at the end just where it looks like it ought to let up. It got a lot smoother and harder to hang on. The free hanging rap station/anchors made for an interesting rappel, plus you can look up at the terrifying "Welcome to Ole Kentuck" while huffing and puffing and be glad you aren't on that SOB... yow.

I'm glad to see it was recorded here as a 10c instead of the 10b that the Ellington guide has it listed at.

fun route good hands and locks the whole way. pods for the right foot, and small ledges, smears for the left.