Betty's Pie 

has been done,
Fa Jim Merlie.

Name????

I will ask him, good work. I tried that thing and thought it was hard.

i told you that was done before butler.....jeez! alittle anxious for the FA eh?

just kidding.. this is such a sweet prob. nice job

hahahah,


Yo, I am not sure where you started but Jim showed me the problem a year or so ago? I couldn't even move really. From what I remember it was hard. He called it a 6 from a lower hold? I think that grade is ridiculous.

Is there a Hold on the face? I remember trying the start from a hold on the face???? but I could be wrong.

Brian Camp also did a weird little problem Down and left (if you are looking at Vag Bagger) He called it a 5 or 6? I have never done it and have not seen it in awhile but remember it looking kinda cool.

There is a hold on the face that could be used for a matched start (the possible "lower" start I was referring to)

We were starting with a right hand on that face hold and left hand on a sloper on the arete.

This past weekend was the first time I've seen this boulder and I can't believe it doesn't get more traffic. Super fun.

Yeah Jim started matched on that "lower" start.

There are tons of neglected boulders at Sawmill. I think with some work and brushes 50+ new problems could go up.

He called it

Betty's Pie

my estimated beta puts it at v7? the first move was hard.

I agree the first move feels pretty hard.

The proper start to "Betty's Pies" is matched on the rail make some tricky moves to the arete and then head up and right following the arete. Really good climb.

lower start hold may have busted. that first move is currently way harder than v5+.

however, starting from the stand (two side-by-side crimps in a crack feature) still leaves a fun problem. the stand is probably v5.