Start with a right hand on a crimp and a left hand on a sidepull. Go up and left to a 1 pad crimp. Then either go up high to the left a bit or straight up. The topout is hard. The rock is sharp.

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Hypertension

Shart Attack

Sweet Unnamed Crack aka Box Canyon Splitter

This is a splitter boulder problem. It starts out as thin fingers and slowly widens to tight hands. Suprisingly, this crack is unpublished, though it is one of Vedauwoos oldest boulder problems. This is a great crack in its own right, and it serves as an excellent warm up if your headed up to

Hypertension

. Running laps on this thing is a favorite pastime by many people who know about it. Respect the vegetation about the base. You are right in the middle of the Central Area, so there are some lovely views all around you.

Stand start (the sit is very hard) on 1/2 pad crimps that are sharp. Go out right to an even smaller crimp, then go up and left to the crack. From the crack, make a big move out right to a crimp. Top out. This thing is sharp.

If this has a name/FA party, please send me the info.

Hypertension is super stiff and super striking, complete with an immaculate backdrop.  It is a very overhanging, poddy splitter, tight hands to fingers, capped with a tricky cool pod.  After that, the angle backs off substantially and the crack thins down.  Rock here is smoother than most of Vedauwoo, there are no real crystals poking out.  One of the best lines anywhere, Scarpelli and Suzuki used to run laps on this thing all the time as it was maybe their favorite crack at Vedauwoo.  The bottom stays dry in a light rain, and there is a nest of stoppers right after the crux, so you can huck laps on the bottom section.  This is a must do for visiting hardpeople.  This thing doesn't get nearly the love it deserves, simply immaculate.  Do it!

Shart Attack is a short, little flare below

Hypertension

.  If you are into poorly protected, not quite vertical, flared tips cracks then you will probably like this one.  Be forewarned... this crack is fun, but by no means is it worth the walk just to do it.  If you need a good warm-up for

Hypertension

or you just got shut down and are trying to salvage your day then get on it.  It is very similar to

Flare Thee Well

, but the jams are worse and the gear is thinner.

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