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The Green Egg (aka "Green Mountain Gringo")

V5+ PG13, Boulder, 16 ft (5 m),  Avg: 3.6 from 26 votes
FA: John Sherman
Vermont > 1. Northern Ver… > Smugglers' Notch > Smugglers' Notc… > Boulders Behind… > Green Cave
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The Climb

Sit start matched on the right side of the large rail system and work your way left out to some awesome ergonomic pinches and pockets that allows you to pull up to some crimps and left into another rail system before topping out left of the large roof. 

This line is kind of highball and a little spicy. John Sherman's line "Green Mountain Gringo" exits the traverse early and fires through the roof on a series of underclings and sidepulls with a big committing move to a ledge.

Location

Behind the stone hut near the entrance to the cave on the back side.

Protection

bring several pads

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bill patton
[Hide Comment] I saw sherman do his own second ascent of this problem (the same day i sent impossible). his beta was as described - he followed rail up to the high point in the center of the overhang, then dyno'd for a blind ledge up and behind his head.

The day he was there he wanted a pic of him sending it - so carefully setup a camera uphill from the problem then set up out pads. There were three of us spotting him with one running the cam.

Sherman gets to the high point and without warning hucks huge up and out for the blind toss. His spotter was too busy watching him climb and totally missed sherman coming off and he falls straight down flat on his back - from where i was standing (by camera) it looked as though he had split his skull like a melon. I fully expected to see him dead. Instead he was totally out of breath and lying stunned on the ground. missed each rock by inches and was fine. The rested for about 5 minutes and without saying a word, got back on the sent it second try. Aug 13, 2012
Jeffrey LeCours
New Hampshire
[Hide Comment] Love that history Bill - awesome! You're my favorite person to bump into when I'm at Smuggs btw. :D Cheers Aug 13, 2012
Eric Chabot
Salt Lake City, UT
 
[Hide Comment] Better bring lots of pads... if this problem were in the gunks it would have a platform of sticks built on top of the shitty landing. Sep 2, 2013
tschiele
Vermont
 
[Hide Comment] I put the OG Green Mountain Gringo on MP just now, I think this one should just be Green Egg from now on. They climb very different and Sherm's problem was originally called GMG as per Stone Crusade. May 25, 2021