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Fat Possum.

Description 

There are three main boulders here. The first boulder you reach after bushwhacking is the Diamond Boulder which has the problems Cops, Robbers, Bank Heist, and Jailbird. The second boulder is about 30 feet straight ahead and is called the Emerald Boulder. It has the problems Missing Link and Mr. Sketchy. The third boulder is about 10 feet further and is called the Ruby Boulder. It is the tallest and has the problems 60 Grit, Cue the Crickets and Problem Child on it.


Getting There 

Descend down the trail towards the Stone Tower Boulders for about 45 seconds and break left into the woods, maintaining the same elevation and bushwhack about 150 to 200 feet to find these boulders. Found by the legendary boulder hound Bob Parrott..., these gems are off the beaten path!


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Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for The Gem Boulders:
Mental Case    V4     Boulder   
60 Grit   V4     Boulder, 15 feet   
Missing Link   V5     Boulder, 18 feet   
Mr. Sketchy   V6     Boulder, 13 feet   
Cue the Crickets   V7     Boulder, 15 feet   
The Fat Possum   V9+     Boulder, 18 feet   
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Fat Possum.

The Fat Possum V9+  MA : Lynn Woods : ... : The Gem Boulders
Recently this was known as the Cave Project. Sit in small cave on an undercling slot and pinch. Toehook and move out to the horizontal break. Heelhook and compress on the top half to a jug then top out. ...[more]   Browse More Classics in MA


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By andyscott
From: Massachusetts
Oct 18, 2010

A good landmark to use when finding these boulders is a small chossy boulder, about ten feet tall, with no real lines on it that you can see from the trail off to the left. When you see this boulder, it is the correct time to break left and start bushwacking.

By Eric Heiden
From: Derry, NH
Nov 23, 2012

Do these directions start from the parking lot, or the stone tower? If from the tower, is the trail you break left from the one you take to get to the Stone Tower boulder? (with The Buttermilker, etc?) Does anyone have any photography references to go by?

By JChepes
From: North Andover, MA
Nov 23, 2012

These directions start from the tower. I think you walk past The Buttermilker for a ways (45secs), the blocks are somewhere in on your left. Nice problems with a bit of seclusion, possibly contributing to their elusiveness.