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Starting the Gunks season off right with another ultra classic, Cascading Crystal Kaleidoscope or coequally known as CCK. Rather then climb the dihedral to the face, traverse right and up at the crack system, then escape right at the roof (CCK proper), CCK Direct climbs the face into the crack system and escapes left and through the roof.
A beautiful and exposed climb, it's definitely one of the more aesthetic climbs in the Gunks however, in the past few years, this climb has unfortunately seen a large number of accidents. The beginning section off the GT ledge is pretty in your face and a bit run out and the crack/flake system has been known to spit pro (though in my opinion it seems to be pretty solid).