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Description
Jbak: My description from 1982 says "sustained and beautiful" but I was probably just excited to find actual crack moves on Mt. Lemmon. I can't remember why it's done as 2 pitches, maybe because of a big ledge half way up.
From Sam: P1: Starts in an overhanging right-facing dihedral finger crack, then you get a short but nice offwidth section, then finish with some fist jams to top out on a big ledge. Belay off tree.P2: finger crack starts about chest-height, then gradually widens to fists up to a rest ledge, then you have the option of going straight up to more offwidth or move right to hand/fist crack. Nice big belay tree up top. Walk off.You definitely want to to this as two short pitches; there are rope-snagging boulders at the top of the first pitch which would thwart linking them together. Most sections require actual jamming and crack technique, though you can get away with liebacking a lot of it. Granite is sharp and grainy, tape or gloves recommended.
Location
On the right side of the area. An attractive crack start.
Protection
Sam: Cams up to Camelot #4, a #5 is nice to have for the offwidth sections but optional, doubles if you want to sew it up. Nut placements to be had in the finger crack sections.