Pumbaa Boulder Climbing

Pumbaa Rock is just southwest of Thunderdome and just below Briar Patch wall and Tar Baby route.

A Crashpad is always good but if you are out hiking this boulder can be worked safely without any pads at all. Just inspect the ground for ants, snakes, etc before you go rolling around.

A Problem Free Philosophy (VB - V0) is just a safe way to practice mantling over the edge and stretch. At 5'5" this will be a full jump. At 5'10" it is a moderate hop or jump. At 6'+ this may be a little hop. Still, this is a nice rock to take newer climbers to have a safe area to practice topping out. The area beneath the boulder is soft soil, rock free, and relatively flat.

When He Was a Young Warthog (V0 - V0+) starts with left hand on the nice rail and right hand on a three finger crimp. Left foot on a small shelf and right foot on your choice of wall or other features. After getting static on your first holds use both hands on the top edge of the boulder and walk the rail down to the triangular point to mantle over the edge. Walk off to the left. This is a safe edge and rail to work on hand and footwork crossovers and a small degree of inversion.

When I Was a Young Warthog (V1) follows the same route but instead of copping out for two hands on the top edge hold the crimp and then move right foot into a small foothold near your hips/knees. Then toe-hook or heel hook the rail, cross-under with right hand to top-edge instead of matching hands and move along the previous pattern to mantle on the triangular point.

This rock features additional moderate and challenging lines which should be added April - May 2020.