Kinderspiel Rock Climbing

This small rock is home to short routes established with beginning (young or old) climbers in mind. Fun and safe is the name of the game here. Learning to lead can be intimidating, and these routes are meant to ease new climbers into the realm of leading. Despite their brief nature, they are fun in their own right. The rock is weathered Dakota Sandstone, which means that it is dusty and brittle in places. With ascents, it will clean up and be more user friendly. I decided to bolt routes here, because one day as I was soloing around on the crag, several kids and their mothers were hiking by, when one of the six-or-seven-year-olds said, “Mom, can I climb up the rock?” While I soloed some of these routes 35 or so years ago, this kid’s question spurred me to bolt some routes for beginners.