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Center Bouldering Rock (or the Beach Boulder)

California > San Francisco B… > Marin/Northwest… > Mickey's Beach

Description

This shorter bouldering rock contains some exellent, but short jug hauls and traverse routes. The left (east) face also contains excellent warmup terrain, a great spot for warming up for climbing or bouldering at Mickey's Beach. Routes range from V0 to approximately V4, depending on the current sand height.

Climbing on this rock is tide and sand dependent, at high tide you'll find the starts in the surf, which make for hurried, dirty starts. At low sand you'll still find excellent warmups, though 1-2 move routes instead of 4-5 moves.

Descending from the top of this rock is no problem regardless of the sand height, though your jump down onto the sand will be a little more interesting! You can easily descend by going left from the top out of Spanish Inquisition. 

Getting There

Approach time: 6 - 16 minutes.

From the main rock, head down to the beach headed for the largestbouldering rock. From the viewpoint of the main rock, this rockis just to the left of the highest bouldering rock. Many climbsare located on the north side, which is on the nudist side of therock.

Routes from Left to Right

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Peacefully sitting a top the the Center Bouldering Rock. Mom capturing the moment.
[Hide Photo] Peacefully sitting a top the the Center Bouldering Rock. Mom capturing the moment.

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Matt Miccioli
Lander, WY
[Hide Comment] I added some of the names Thornburg features in the latest edition of Bay Area Rock in hopes of clarifying some of the possibilities here. Separating what Aron calls the "Nudist Side Jug Haul" into two distinct problems does not seem overly contrived to me, and both "MB Arete" and "Surf's Up" were enjoyable when done separately. If anyone knows more about the history or variations on this particular little boulder, I would love to beef up my descriptions even more. Aug 19, 2019