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The Underwriter

V2, Boulder, 8 ft (2 m),  Avg: 2 from 1 vote
FA: Tanner Wixom
Colorado > Grand Junction… > S Camp > Water Tower Hill > Wall Street > Stock Exchange Boulder

Description

Start compressing the arete with your left on a good crimp and your right in a slopey dish/pinch. Lunge for a right crimp, then bring your left across to a good sloper. Reset your feet, and find a way to get your left out wide. Crunch your feet up so you can stand up to higher crimps and top out.

The fun of this problem is the footwork; the feet are either tenuous or not there till you can get high enough to stand on the face.

Location

This problem is on the south-facing prow of the Stock Exchange Boulder.

Protection

A pad and maybe a spotter. The problem is low to the ground, and the landing is flat, so pretty much no chance of injury if you pop off.

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The Underwriter.
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Just before the sidepull ripped off.  Now there is a much smaller sidepull.
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Tan the Man
SLC, UT
  V2
[Hide Comment] One of the best holds on the left is a hollow-sounding flake. Be careful if you pull on it. If it does come off, there are other holds that will make the problem go, but it might get a bit harder. Mar 3, 2013