An afternoon Father's Day solo jaunt had me exploring the road to Camp Caroline. Near the end, above the road, were the pebbles that I hoped was there. Less of a "zone", and more of a local pleasure stash, these boulders were high-quality with flat, soft landing zones--perfect for the wife and kids. Now we just have to go up there and "family" climb on them.
Passing an old chimney along the way.
The goods...
Way cool fledspar? crystal lining the splits in this rock.
Technically part of the Batholith, these unique pebbles have geologic characteristics unlike anywhere else around. Easy to access and practically roadside, the Deviants are stones that I will return to again and again...
Lyddie giving some scale to a pebble.
Two shots of me bouldering, from Lyddie's diminutive perspective:
Same boulder, better view
Lyddie pondering the top-out...
One of the bigger, harder blocs
Me on the lower half of the left-side of the previous formation. photo by Lyddie
I can't wait to go back with "real" spotters--anyone want to go?
Saturday brought me back to the Single Barrel Boulders via a slightly different path. Driving a bit further on the Northern Bourbons spur road brings you above the Single Barrels, which is nice because it cuts a bit of walking out. Travis joined me to explore the orange stone amongst the kinnikinnick...
There have been a number of offwidth boulder problems established in the last couple of years out here in the Boulder Batholith. This is a bit of an overview, working up by relative difficulty, though I'm sure the order is debatable.
-5.6 Crack
This is a taller warm-up in the rear of the Brickyard, pretty straight forward.
-Kickbrew
A lowball kick through moderate in the East Tracks. Good intro to getting the feet over the head.
-Topless Pillow Fight
A taller moderate north of the Brickyard.
-Pez
Wide to a slight bulge, out in the Northern Bourbons.
-Unknown Fate
Just above the Hidden Hall, which is also the entrance leading up to the Brickyard
-Big Slick
A committing layback in the Benchlands
-Captain Trips
An interesting a-frame invert problem in the Lower Moose Creek area
-Barbarella
Another a-frame, but this one is in the Northern Bourbons
-Grungeskull
Inverted dihedral problem out in the Anomalies, starts inverted, though a harder start could be established a bit further in...
-Kung Fu Kick Through
This is a precision kick through located in the East Tracks. Watch your head!
-Eastern Aframe
Low to the ground but hard. Hard invert, swing out to dimple(pictured), to a nasty sit up/mantel. East Tracks
-Western Aframe
Just west of the Eastern Aframe @ East Tracks.
-Hotdog in the Hallway
Out in the Druthers lies this awkward, but quality problem
-Fruh's Wide
Committing, awkward and unrepeated. The Brickyard
-Big Shoe Roof
Out near the Aspens, this problem utilizes baggy heel-toe jams, and alot of confidence to get to the lip
-Grindhouse
Out in the Benchlands is this ~20 foot roof crack. Hands to pinch to off width/squeeze flair.
