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A Slice Of Life 
Anti-Social Behavior 
Bombs Away 
Bonsai Bulge 
Cavatelli 
Centerpiece 
Five Steps 
Flake, The 
Jugline 
Kamikazee 
Kundalini 
Lee the Flea's Crack Climb 
Masterpiece 
Noodle, The 
Peer Pressure 
Pretzel Logic 
Social Climber 
Social Distortion 
Social Obligation 
Social Outcast 
War and Peace 

Bonsai

Submitted By: Kayte Knower on Oct 22, 2006
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Description 

Looking for steep climbing on big holds? Want a range of five star routes from 5.9 to 12d? Bonsai will serve you well. The left side of the wall is home to Kundalini (12d), Rumney's first 13, later downgraded after the discovery of a critical kneebar. Easier but always challenging at 10d is the peerless classic corner of Peer Pressure, Rumney's first sport route. The ever popular Social Outcast is a picture perfect 5.12a arete, juggy and pumpy with an exciting top out, and a great introduction to the grade if you have more endurance than power. The right side of the cliff offers more moderate climbing of equal quality, such as Masterpiece (10a), Centerpiece (10d) and War and Peace (5.9). The base of Bonsai is rimmed by tall pines, which offer shade in summer and also catch your feet as you lower off.


Getting There 

Walk along the road to post #37. Follow the main trail steeply uphill to the Darth Vader Junction. Turn right. The trail covers some flat ground then turns steeply uphill before depositing you in the jumble of talus at the right side of Bonsai. You can also take the trail straight up from Monsters from the ID.


The Classics

Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for Bonsai:
War and Peace   5.9+     Sport, 1 pitch   
Masterpiece   5.10a     Sport, 1 pitch   
Jugline   5.10b     Sport   
Centerpiece   5.10d     Sport, 1 pitch, 70 feet   
Peer Pressure   5.10d     Sport, 1 pitch   
Social Outcast   5.12a     Sport, 1 pitch   
Social Distortion   5.12a/b     Sport, 1 pitch   
Kundalini   5.12d     Sport, 1 pitch   
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Featured Route For Bonsai
Nick on Centerpiece (Red Helmet). Upon lowering he adamantly declared "That was not a warm-up"

Centerpiece 5.10d  NH : Rumney : Bonsai
This is one of the best routes on this cliff (my personal favorite at the moment).... The line is consistently steep and pumpy, but if you get to know it well you can dial it in and avoid the pump....You start up a steep wall with incut holds that are better than they look from the ground.... You gain a ledge that's not as good as it looks.... Move to the right a little here if this spot is wet...a few slopers lead to a pretty good rest...move ba...[more]   Browse More Classics in NH


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the steep "social" routes

BETA PHOTO: the steep "social" routes

the left side of Bonsai...

BETA PHOTO: the left side of Bonsai...

Gotta love New England, this was Bonsai on April 9th, 2007.... The ice looked climbable....

BETA PHOTO: Gotta love New England, this was Bonsai on April 9...

another shot of bonsai on a cold april day...the chalked starts from left to right are Noodle(5.12b), Center Piece(5.10d), and Master Piece(5.10a)

BETA PHOTO: another shot of bonsai on a cold april day...the c...

This will give you the general idea of where things are... if used with some descriptions it should serve you well...<br />i didn't put in all of the routes just the main ones, plus a few...

BETA PHOTO: This will give you the general idea of where thing...


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By lee hansche
From: goffstown, nh
Jun 11, 2008

there was hardly and damage to the climbing at rumney due to the recent fire... however i did see one thing that changed... there was a trad route that was rarely done and not really worth doing to the left of pretzel logic... it was decribed as "rambling up broken rock" well if it was broken rock before now its really broken... a large tree fell across it and pretty much removed it from the cliff... im glad it didnt crush anything too fun...