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Cobra Crack is a metre foot long traditional climbing route on a thin crack up an overhanging granite rock face on Stawamus Chief , in Squamish, British Columbia. The route was first ascended by Peter Croft and Tami Knight in as an aid climb. After it rebuffed many leading climbers, most notably Swiss climber Didier Berthod in , the Canadian climber Sonnie Trotter made the first free ascent in With subsequent ascents, the consensus grade has settled at 5.

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Swiss traditional climbing and crack specialist, Didier Berthod , attempted to free climb the route in , but failed due to a serious knee injury. Canadian climber Sonnie Trotter made the first free ascent in June , after 40 attempts spread over 3 years, [ 9 ] [ 10 ] placing all of his climbing protection as he was lead climbing on the route.

Berthod, who had returned to climbing after more than a decade's absence, visited Squamish in for the first time since , and made the first free ascent of the long-standing open project, The Crack of Destiny , which he graded as being harder than 5. Cobra Crack is a crack climb with a narrow crack that barely accommodates any fingers.

While the entire route is over 45 metres feet long, the main crack is c. Halfway up the main crack, it begins to sharply overhang at c.

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The technical crux is getting over the lip at the top of the overhang and then immediately making a critical move upwards. After its first free ascent in , Cobra Crack was considered the hardest traditional crack climbing route in the world. Cobra Crack remains an important route in traditional climbing history and repeats are covered in the climbing media.

Over the years some of the best crack specialists in the world have been drawn to the line and while it may have lost some of its original fearsome reputation, the climb is just as beautiful as ever. Cobra Crack has been climbed by: [ 2 ] [ 5 ]. Contents move to sidebar hide.