Wen arriving at North Rock this is the first real obvious crack encountered on the way up it's length, perhaps 50' right of the lowest termination. The system is slightly left-leaning and wide. The 5.2 grade Erikson gave it is a bit light, but the climb is still quite easy at 5.4 or 5.5. The climb is also reasonably clean of dirt, though some friable rock still lies on it.

First Crack

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Second Crack

When arriving at North Rock, "First Crack" is the first real obvious crack encountered on the way up it's length, 50' up.  Not surprisingly, "Second Crack" is the second one, maybe 30' further.

"Second Crack starts as a few moves to gain a very shallow, right-facing, arching corner, then pulls up and right to join a crack system, which after a few feet is abandonded for a second parallel crack just right of that.

The amount of moss and lichen on this route may not be a problem when dry, but when wet leaches out a slimey mess onto the rock that makes a the bottom insecure.  Be careful.

This route climbs up to a right angling roof via some face moves.  Once at the base of the small roof, traverse up and right with good hands and bad feet.  After about 10 ft, it's possible to head up and over with some small holds, this is the crux and felt more like a .10 to me than a 9, but that may be because there's so much lichen on the rock!  After this, run it out to the top.  I thought the movements on this climb were really fun, but some bad rock towards the top, lack of gear, and all the lichen make this climb more of a stressful time than a good climb

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Routes in North Rock