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Where Boneheads Dare

V5 R, Boulder, 25 ft (8 m),

Avg: 3.8 from 31 votes
FA: John Long, 1975
California > San Jacinto Mou… > Black Mountain > Boulder Basin > Central Basin > Daring Boulder

Access Issue: If you don't want to cause access issues please make it a point to be on your best behavior. Details

If you are coming up, note the following:

-There are no fires allowed anywhere, including the boulder basin & group campsites.
-Please carpool, parking is limited, so if you show up and there is nowhere reasonable for you to park, you must leave. (instead of parking somewhere unreasonable).
-Bring cash to park, lots of people showing up without cash. Even if you don't camp overnight, you still must pay for day parking.
-Don't climb boulders in/ around occupied camp sites (some say ask, personally I just go somewhere else).
-Spread out a bit.

Description

A committing problem, Where Boneheads Dare entices many who come to Boulder Basin.

Start on the crescent shaped crimper and move up to the tiny crimp higher up. Once the feet are established in the starting hold, move up and slightly left to top out.

The physical / technical crux is down low. Although the remaining moves are physically easier, it's not for the faint of heart.

Location

One of the easiest problems to find, Where Boneheads Dare is on the boulder closest to the campground loop road (and facing it) between sites 21 and 20.

The most popular way to get off is to jump across a 4' span to a lower boulder north of the Where Boneheads Dare boulder is. Another option is to downclimb a V0 / V1 hueco problem on the east side of the boulder.

Protection

Crashpads, spotters

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future bonehead

Robb on his way to proving he's a daring bonehead on Where Boneheads Dare (photo by A. Kimmerly)

Where Boneheads Dare (V5 R), Black Mountain

Euan high up, dared to be a bonehead

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Euan Cameron
Mammoth Lakes, CA

V5 R

The starting crux moves are way harder than the rest of the problem. After the crux it is probably no harder than V2 (although like Obi says - it is high of the ground) Nov 9, 2008

John Long
Venice

FA around 1975. For full value, crank the opening move as a mantle. After the stand up the top is barely 5.10. Jul 20, 2011

James Arnold
Chattanooga

For fuller value, crank mantle with a stogie/cig jauntily dangling from the lip. My thumb still hurts 16 years later from mantling and stepping on it. Don't get sandbagged by the 5.10 on the above comment, it's solid "10+" imo and would be 5.11a in most areas.... Jul 21, 2011

Andy L

youtube.com/watch?v=7YKVIvv… Sep 25, 2017

Howard
Costa Mesa, CA

Dang it! I knew I got complete value!! Nov 12, 2018

Matt Michael
San Diego, CA

V5 PG13

Took a fall off the top of this once. Quite scary, but ended up unscathed Jan 17, 2020