Ascent Notes for: Cooke Book - 5.10a Average Rating : 4.60/5

crux was awkward for me, fell following it. def not a gimme for this one.

Crux can be protected by small c3 or alien, maybe smallest tricam. We did the 10c traverse down mantle on the 3rd? pitch. There is some 5.9 off-width-maybe 10ft- into weird short chimney section--you might want long pants. Fun route with a little of almost everything!

major rope drag on the first pitch. try not to clip the piton in the corner if you feel solid doing the traverse into the chimney/offwidth. the lieback crux is a little tricky but friction is good.

really fun route, pitch one can catch you off guard,, ware long pants, + route stays out of the sun can be a little cold...
really fun

the crux is only a couple of moves long and you can protect it at eye level while you do it. similar to crescent arch.

crux is hands down the hardest 10a i have ever encountered

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Not that great. Last pitch is fun, strenuous, but crux is short. Did not live up to its reputation. (See Roper's description in 1969 Ascent article, Eleven Domes.)

Part of a marathon day. Did this, West Crack and El Condor that day.