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Saturday Night Live

Name: Saturday Night Live
Rating: 3.4

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	Night Crawler V0+ 4+
	Night Train V2 5+
	Saturday Night Live V4 6B

Type:	Boulder, 13 ft
FA:	John Yablonski
Page Views:	10,989 total · 68/month
Shared By:	AJ on Dec 31, 2004
Admins:	C Miller, M. Morley, Adam Stackhouse, Salamanizer suchoski, Justin Johnsen, Vicki Schwantes

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This is an entertaining boulder problem 20 yards from the Real Hidden Valley Parking lot. Park and walk west, as per Loose Lady. After 5-6 seconds of hiking, look over your right shoulder. You'll see a big scoop with a chalky handhold on the left. Grab the hold, smear your feet and dyno to the lip. Then make an easy mantel to finish the job.

A rating on this one is pretty meaningless...

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The Launch. SNL, April 08. Photo by Darin Lim…

Darin sticking it on SNL. April '06.

The Catch. SNL, April 08. Photo by Darin Limv…

Sticking the sloping dish on my first send of t…

Al Liu getting it done

Casey Van Gelderen sticking the dyno.
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Casey Van Gelderen sticking the dyno. www.jake…

French sticking SNL

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Sam Wolfe sticking the Dyno

Goin' for it!

Footwear of the day, Converse All-Stars

Wouldn't stick with one hand, so why not try two?

12 Comments

Joe Brophy
San Diego

Joe Brophy San Diego

I agree with AJ. You can basically scrap the V rating on this problem. If you are 5'0" it will be a long flight to the top. And a person 6'0" and over it is really not a dyno. But either way it is fun, so have at it. Feb 10, 2005

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Brad Schierer
LAVEEN

Brad Schierer LAVEEN

I'm 5'8. took me 4 tries before i could grab the jug and not swing off from the momentum. btw i used the rail in the scoop for my feet and it worked pretty well. tons o fun for a one move wonder. Aug 21, 2006

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Luke Bertelsen
Tucson, AZ

Luke Bertelsen Tucson, AZ

A truly classic boulder problem. You look at the face and it seems that the holds were placed perfectly for an amazing boulder problem. So good that you have to do it again and again. Dec 13, 2006

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JNE	JNE One of the funnest moves anywhere! Dec 22, 2006 Beta: 0 Flag

ROC
Englewood, CO

ROC Englewood, CO

Bring a pad unless you plan on manteling off the sucka. It's a long drop. Good landing, but a long drop none the less...made all the more painful in super tight climbing shoes. Personal experience... Sent on the second go! Jan 19, 2007

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Adam Stackhouse

The YouTube version of SNL Nov 12, 2007

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Russ Walling
www.FishProducts.com

Russ Walling www.FishProducts.com

The name was picked by Yabo, who called it Saturday Night Live, because he did it 9 times in a row on a Saturday night for the FA. Yep, at night, FA, and I bet he did the whole problem too... not dropping off without the doing the mantel... the shame! 99.469% sure no flashlight either. Dec 1, 2007

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Tradiban

Speaking of not doing the whole problem, I assumed matching on crack was the proper start, making this a two move wonder. Dec 13, 2013

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Thomas Claiborne
San Diego

Thomas Claiborne San Diego

Has anyone else done this problem entirely statically by mantling on the sloping rail? The trad climber in me hates dynoing so I figured out some wonky beta for this. Nov 6, 2017

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Erik Wessner
Joshua Tree, CA

Erik Wessner Joshua Tree, CA

It can be done static and goes around V5/6, the dyno is fun, get out of your comfort zone and go for it! Nov 8, 2017

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Jackie Trejo