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Mr. Big
V8,
Boulder,
Avg: 3 from 9
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FA: Jeremiah Johnson
New Hampshire
> Pawtuckaway
> Fire Tower
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Description
From the obvious horizontal at head height, move up to bad slopers and make a big reach to a very slopey mono solution pocket. Get your feet up high and either bump to the slopey ball or make a hard lock off and cross to the ball. Once you've matched the ball, it's an easy move to the top. This problem is really unique for Pawtuckaway and looks much easier than it is. It's very friction dependent; long arms and good footwork will help too.
Location
Follow the main trail up. When it breaks right, continue heading up and slightly left on a faint (maybe nonexistent) trail. Eventually on your left you'll see a 20-foot mossy wall with an obvious crack. Skirt the wall and you'll come out in a clearing. Mr. Big is on your left. Start in the slopey horizontal at the 7-ft level and go up.
Note: there are several other good problems in this area worth exploring.
Protection
Maybe a pad.
Telluride, CO
It took me a while to figure out beta, then I tried a bunch of beta that had me close but falling just short of the high flake. I was ready to give up because I thought there were no usable feet above the foot I was already using, but then I found another tiny crystal that was a bit higher. I got close and then that foot broke slightly, but fortunately what was left was still usable. And finally, on my last day before heading back to Colorado, I sent.
A notch down in quality/aesthetics from 'Midnight' and 'Voodoo Child' but, for me, pretty damn close in difficulty. High quality rock and engaging movement. Nov 22, 2016
Hooksett, NH
Directions: Easiest (not fastest) way to find this would be to hike the fire tower trail and trend leftwards after passing the fire tower itself, it's on the white blazed trail in sort of an alcove. Alternatively, from Midnight in a Perfect World, head back downhill and trend right on an obvious trail then uphill, same white blazed trail from the other side. Nov 23, 2016
Telluride, CO
youtu.be/_XPCme64Ayo Nov 25, 2016