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Crack House Roof
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On our last trip to Moab, John and I stopped to check out the Crack House Roof. This is the eighty foot roof crack that Dean Potter did in the Masters of Stone V video.

The Crackhouse, north of Moab, Utah


Once inside, the crack is mostly good hands, and this is where we did our best work. This section of the Crack House Roof is easily protected with a regular size Metolius crash pad pulled along by a single spotter.

Yes, John's using yellow tape.

Climbing through the Crackhouse


The finish is thin hands to the corner, and moves over boulders as it leads into the crux - turning the roof. Protecting this section requires a number of crash pads and a handful of spotters, so we had to pass it up.

John working out to the Crackhouse finish


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