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All Locations > Colorado > Boulder > Flatirons > North > Satellite Boulders > BBC Boulder

Original Grapple

V4- YDS 6B Font


 Avg: 3.2 from 130 votes

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Shared By: Anonymous Coward on Jul 23, 2001 with updates from Lukas Wiborg
Admins: Leo Paik, John McNamee, Frances Fierst, Monty, Monomaniac

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Up the left trail at the base of the Second Flatiron is the BBC boulder. It's about thirty yards up the trail on the right, is a huge rock, and has massive rectangular block resting over it. On the south side is an overhanging jug system with an easy top out. The problem starts low on the right on an obvious jug and goes over the top. Overall, it is a decent problem where the crux may be keeping your butt off a rock right beneath it. I recommend it for beginners and intermediate climbers alike.

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Crash pad.

Per Lukas Wiborg: also a good spotter is highly recommended, because a fall could lead to you landing on your back on a large rock.

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V4 Original Grapple. Start down right, top out on jugs.
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Trying to avoid hitting the rock seems to be the crux other than that fun problem with good moves!
Trying to avoid hitting the rock seems to be th…
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Beta - looking straight into the sun.
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Not sure if this is the best beta, but it worked for me.
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Peter Franzen
Phoenix, AZ
Peter Franzen   Phoenix, AZ  
It's nice to have a good spotter ready to catch you on this one. It'd be a nasty tumble to fall down into the hole below the starting holds.

And I agree- the crux is keeping your butt from hitting the ground. Sep 28, 2001
Chip Phillips
Broomfield, CO
 
Chip Phillips   Broomfield, CO
 
This problem is not "aka Ned's World Famous V4" ... anyway, it's a blast for the grade and deserves 3 stars. Jul 29, 2002
Anonymous Coward
  V4
Anonymous Coward  
  V4
I don't get it. This problem is at most v2. Is it because of the landing that 2 extra grades of difficulty have been tacked on? Jul 29, 2002
Blake Treadway
Blake Treadway  
They don't call this boulder the BBC for nothing. I think the crux on this one are the crimps before the jug at [the] top. It's funny how the anonymous cowards love to downgrade everything. Here's a tip climb for fun. Nov 24, 2002
Steve Woods
 
Steve Woods  
 
I think this is too easy for V4. The V1 on the A7 boulder is way harder. (It's plenty fun though.) Nov 9, 2003
Anonymous Coward
  V4
Anonymous Coward  
  V4
Probably V3. Apr 18, 2005
logan johnson
West Copper, Co
logan johnson   West Copper, Co
The grade is all about the start, the V4 starts way down in the hole on the kind of pedestal-thingy below the good jugs. Solid 4 at most areas or hard 3 at Flagstaff. Sep 2, 2006
Andrew Vojslavek
Andrew Vojslavek  
BS, that low start has to be a V6, and that is at the low end.... Apr 11, 2007
UFOTOFU
UFOTOFU  
Super fun problem. The hardest part is def the cross while holding the crimps and keeping your butt off the rock while doing it. I give it V4. Jun 10, 2010
Chris Plesko
Westminster, CO
  V4-
Chris Plesko   Westminster, CO
  V4-
I wonder about the big disparity in grading this thing. My (worthless) opinion? If you have the core to hold your ass off the rock, then the holds are all pretty good. If climbing roofs is foreign to you (that was me), then it's going to take some work to climb this thing. I'd say it was easy V4 for me, but who cares, it's fun to climb. Now that I can do it, I'd totally put it in a circuit, because it's enjoyable, just like A7-V1. Jul 29, 2011
ladyboner4climbing
Boulder, CO
 
ladyboner4climbing   Boulder, CO
 
This is like "the ladder" of the Lower Satellites.... Something you just have to run laps on, bc it's so freakin' fun :D As far as the grading, I think we can all agree it's like a exponentially soft V4, so like V0 maybe V beginner? Of course it took me like a few sessions to get it.... Sooooo totally solid on the Vbeginnermynoseiscoveredinsnot grade. .... >> What is up with the grading munching!?! GAG!! Oct 20, 2011
Chad Cowan
Aurora, CO
  V4
Chad Cowan   Aurora, CO
  V4
Hard if you eat two Chik-fil-A sandwiches and do it in the summer. Jul 19, 2018

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