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Barbed Wire

V9, Boulder,  Avg: 3.6 from 44 votes
FA: Tim Kemple
Rhode Island > Lincoln Woods > Tuolumne Boulder

Description

Good problem on good rock. Traverses right to left with a reach dependent crux to obtain the flat "cigarette" edge at chest height. Has been called v7 by those over six feet, and v11 by those under 5"4'. Either way, its a woods classic.

Starting at the cigarette hold and finishing is probably the best v6 at the woods.

Location

Start right near the tree, head left and up.

Protection

Bouldering

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Nina Williams cruxing
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Barbed Wire - Yellow <br> Barbed Wire Stand (V6) - Blue
[Hide Photo] Barbed Wire - Yellow Barbed Wire Stand (V6) - Blue
Teddy matching the crux razor crimp
[Hide Photo] Teddy matching the crux razor crimp
This photo was taken by David "can you wear a red T-shirt" LePagne.
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Ben past the crux
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Steve Briggs climbing Barbed Wire
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Ben standing on thin air
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Steve Briggs and the Tuolumne Boulder. Getting ready to climb Barbed Wire.
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Tim Kemple on the FA, which was the V10 way of doing this (no slug hold) the left hand in this pic has broken and is now a very small crimp...
[Hide Photo] Tim Kemple on the FA, which was the V10 way of doing this (no slug hold) the left hand in this pic has broken and is now a very small crimp...
Derrick Kwan on Barbed Wire
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getting to the first crux on Barbed Wire
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a couple of moves in on Barbed Wire
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Comments [Hide ALL Comments]

Joe M
MA and NH
  V9+
[Hide Comment] #7 on the beta photo. Jan 17, 2011
Christopher J Simpson
[Hide Comment] What's the generally accepted start? The knob on the right with the pedestal boulder below for feet? The sloping ramp for hands with the big ledges for feet? Anything goes? May 12, 2012
Grady Jackson
Cape Elizabeth, Maine
[Hide Comment] vimeo.com/51572849 Oct 30, 2012
Joe M
MA and NH
  V9+
[Hide Comment] This problem starts sitting with your right hand on the jug to the right of where the climber starts in this video and your feet on the good footholds to the left... Oct 31, 2012
Action in Solitude
[Hide Comment] Local Climbs: Jerome Boutaud bouldering around Boston, Massachusetts vimeo.com/74101729 from Action in Solitude vimeo.com/actioninsolitude on Vimeo vimeo.com.

Jerome Boutaud bouldering Barbed Wire at Lincoln Woods and other classics in New England. Oct 16, 2013
Luke Childers
 
[Hide Comment] How I did the line! I’ve seen/herd of a lot of way to do this line, but this is how it ended up for me

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