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Wittich Crack

Name: Wittich Crack
Rating: 2.9

5.7 YDS 5a French 15 Ewbanks V+ UIAA 13 ZA MVS 4b British

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	Bean's Shining Wall of Storms T 5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
	Beyer East Face I T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Black Ice - West Face Combination T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c AI3
	Burgette Arête T 5.8- 5b 16 VI- 14 VS 4c
	Collins-Coombs T 5.10- 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Collins-Hume T 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
	Crystal Right T 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b C0
	Crystal Tower T 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Direct Petzoldt Ridge T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	East Face Direct T 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
	East Ridge T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Emerson Chimney T 5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Fight or Flight Traverse T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Flipping Tokens to Hoboken T 5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b
	Ford - Stettner Couloir (Ski Descent) WI2-3 Mod. Snow
	Gold Face T 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Golden Pillar, Direct North Face T 5.12- 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
	Jackson-Rickert Crack T 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b X
	Lower Exum Ridge T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	North Buttress Direct T 5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b R
	North Face Highlight Tour T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	North Face Standard T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	North Ridge T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	North Side Lowlight Tour (path of least resistance) T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b Easy Snow
	Owen Spalding T 5.4 4a 12 IV 10 VD 3c
	Perception Traverse T 5.8- 5b 16 VI- 14 VS 4c PG13
	Petzoldt Ridge T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
	Pownall-Gilkey T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Psudo Emerson Chimney T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c M4-
	Simpleton Pillar T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c M1 Mod. Snow
	Stettner Couloir T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b WI2-3 Mod. Snow
	Underhill Ridge Original/Direct T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Upper Exum T 5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a
	West Face of the Exum Ridge T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Wittich Crack T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b

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Type:	Trad, Alpine, 150 ft (45 m), Grade II
FA:	6/27/31, Hans Wittich, Walter Becker, Rudolph Widener
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Shared By:	Andrew Carson on Aug 8, 2008
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Description

The Wittich Crack is a very fun one pitch shot leading from the start of the OS up to the Cat Walk. This obvious break in the wall above the Upper Saddle starts about 20 feet south of the Belly Roll, about where parties climbing the OS would rope up and start belaying. The double cracks of the Wittich quickly merge into a large chimney and crack system, with a few bulges and a large roof at the top. The rock is excellent and the climbing enjoyable, with the crux being the big roof at the top.

Location

See the description section. This route is likely as prone to icing and being wet as is the OS.

Protection

There are numerous fixed pins along the way, but parties would probably want a small rack including a few stoppers and cams. The pins are 'modern', not placed by Hans, and the number would indicate this route was once climbed fairly regularly.