Tuesday, September 21, 2010

The Friction Slab

The Table Top, a V3 right next to the Bulldog on the Friction Slab Boulder, is one really nice problem. It is fairly sustained difficulty throughout the problem, which is what makes it good I think. It also seems like there is only one way to do it, there were five of us climbing it and the beta stayed pretty much the same for all of us.

This is a photo of the second move, which is a fun one. Lock your right arm off on a gaston sidepull and hope your left foot doesn't blow.

The top out is a little scary, it's mossy on top and the sloping angle seems rough when your looking at it up close. But it's actually pretty safe, the only really scary part is finding your way down.
This is the second move on the Bulldog, V8. We were just messing around on it, we got a few of the moves but man, that is one tough problem. Someday.

1 comment:

  1. Quinn, you are one crazy climbing mo-fo. Looks awesome. Good luck!

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