• Name that obscure boulder problem

    2 Comments »Posted in Bouldering, Random by Feb 16, 2011

    Rob Holcombe sticks the crux reach.

    Which boulder is this? Take a guess. We happened across this obscure arete out at Rumbling Bald. Off the beaten circuit, it’s spitting distance from the trail between Morning Star and Central Boulders. Deserving of a little more love, he’s marked by an interesting sort of compression mantle and fun deadpoint. Plus, for the motivated boulder-toad, there’s a not-too-dumpy sit start to be added. It ain’t five-starts or nothing, but it’s recommendable. The name and exact location will be revealed soon…

    Rob attempting a Kung Fu hand technique.

    Zachary Lesch-Huie

    Zachary lives and works in Boone, North Carolina. Bad or good, rock climbing’s his most entrenched habit. Frankly there’s nothing he’d rather be doing. Fortunately climbing helps him meet great new people, and spend wonderful quality time with his soon-to-be wife. Without climbing, and the wonderful and weird people of the climbing world, he might be a loathsome hermit. When Zachary’s not able to climb, he distracts himself with work, swimming holes, and climbing media of various sorts, including this blog site.

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Discussion 2 Responses

  1. Matt Paden
    February 16, 2011 at 1:27 pm

    Good spotting technique in the first photo!

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  2. Zachary Lesch-Huie
    February 18, 2011 at 8:01 am

    The ol’ laissez-faire invisible hand spotting technique…

    The answer to the riddle! Since the suspense was unbearable, here’s the name of the obscure boulder problem: Paper Trail, on the Paper Trail boulder (page 99 in Chris Dorrity’s guide).

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