Crack Ain’t So Bad

These days… when most people hear the word crack, they tend to think of negative stuff such as cracked windshield, plumber’s crack, crack cocaine, and others, you get the hint. Crack climbing anyone… What the hell is that you are probably asking, well it tends to consist of a crack in a wall on the side of a mountain, and you essentially have to wedge your hands and feet into the crack and progress your way up. A lot of times it is all about your pain threshold because you have to wedge your feet in awkward angles and hold all your weight in that wedge for certain periods of time.

Anyways, this past weekend I journeyed on down to Enchanted Rock (about an hour and a half West of Austin, Tx) and was able to experience some good ole’ crack climbing for the first time. The trip was great, the weather was awesome, and the crack even better. My hands and feet are pretty torn up after doing a crack called Cave Crack, but before that we did one called Sweet (See photo).

All in all, I learned a lot about crack this weekend and how it can be detrimental to your health. So be careful when you do climb cracks...