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Vent Crack - Booroomba 2-Dec-2010 At 9:34:48 AM evanbb

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Punters, @SteveC and I had a crack at this classic on the weekend just passed, hoping to do the first 2 pitches of Vent Crack, into Baryon, then finishing up After the Reiving.

The first 2 pitches of VC went off without a hitch, except for me getting a cramp in my groin while doing something weird in the chimney. That was funny.

Then we went looking for the 'obvious corner' left of the slab on the second pitch. The traverse looked diabolical and the 'obvious corner' was something of an incipient seam comprised mainly of wobbly blocks.

Any idea where it actually does go? Should we (Steve) have just manned up and set sail horizontally across the blank slab with bad gear and a pendulum under the last belay? I thought he was being weak.

So, we finished up Vent Crack. The third pitch, which I lead, was unanimously declared the worst pitch of 'climbing' either of us have ever done. Even worse than anything on An Elephant or The Moon.

The central slabs/northern slabs at Booroomba are a total cluster f--- at the moment. Christ it's hard to navigate. The fires have not improved things.