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Type: Boulder, 12 feet
Consensus: V4-5 [details]
FA: John Long thinks Randall Grandstaff had FA
Submitted By: Chris treggE on Nov 5, 2007

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The one-and-a-half-move wonder, the semi-classic, ...

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Description 

The Pearl is a classic line on The Pearl boulder. The face is slightly overhanging, and the start holds barely there. The regular start is standing up. It's really only a move or two depending on how you do it until you are home free. Descent is on the opposite side of the boulder.


Location 

See photo to check out the line, and the boulder description for directions.


Protection 

Pads and a spotter are nice, but the crux move(s) are low.



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About to fall off the starting move... again.

About to fall off the starting move... again.

The Pearl is the center line of chalked up holds on a slightly overhanging face. The Clam Bumper (supposedly also V4 but nowhere near as cruxy as The Pearl) is another route just to the right that starts on the ramp and moves up through the other chalked holds on the right side of this photo.

The Pearl is the center line of chalked up holds o...

The Pearl V4

The Pearl V4

View from the side of the Pearl.

View from the side of the Pearl.

The Pearl

The Pearl

Kyle on the pearl

Kyle on the pearl


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By Chris treggE
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From: Madison, WI
Nov 6, 2007

By Caleb Phillips
From: Boulder, CO
Jan 15, 2010

Hard for V4 IMHO. Not going to up-grade it though until I can climb it ;).

By Peter Franzen
Administrator
From: Phoenix, AZ
Nov 22, 2011
rating: V4

V4, and probably the least-classic classic problem around.

Still fun though. :)