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Aries: God of War

V8, Boulder,  Avg: 3.9 from 21 votes
FA: Jason Duckowitz
Washington > Central-W Casca… > Skykomish Valley > Gold Bar Boulders > Reiter Foothills > Clearcut > Aries Boulders > Aries Boulder
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Description

SDS on large pyramid hold and first move is up with your right hand on the right side of the arete. Then just head straight up the arete using bad crimps.

Location

On the Ares boulder just on the clearcut/forest boundary. Approximately 3 or 4 house-size boulders east of the Equinox boulder. Ares is on the northwest arete of the bottom right boulder on the
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Protection

Three pads or two large ones.

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Ares back when you can drive up to the boulders.
[Hide Photo] Ares back when you can drive up to the boulders.
Jake Love topping out the powerful v8, Aries: God of War.
[Hide Photo] Jake Love topping out the powerful v8, Aries: God of War.
Another Gold Bar classic! Ares God of War.
[Hide Photo] Another Gold Bar classic! Ares God of War.

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[Hide Comment] Here is a link to a video of Chris sending Ares: vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?… Jun 8, 2007
Kyle Love
Seattle, WA
[Hide Comment] Here is a video of Jake Love projecting this beast of a climb!

youtu.be/ICK7ytakMgU Dec 17, 2018
[Hide Comment] This is misspelled, right? On MP and in the guidebook. Aries is an astrological sign. Ares is the Greek god of war. Unless it's some kind of wordplay that's going over my head.. Apr 30, 2021