Goodbye Blue Sky

Premium boulder problem. Awesome, Kevin! Jan 31, 2015

Well done, dude! That's awesome! Jan 31, 2015

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Here is the FA footage... Sorry for the bad camera angle, this has been buried on my phone for almost a year. I leaned it up against a tree and missed half the climb. Nov 29, 2015

One of the best lines in Unaweep. Dec 8, 2015

This problem has been done and as early as 1997 (by locals to Junction and potentially prior to that) and later. This, being the most prominent boulder in the particular area, was largely developed at the time and after the R&I mini-guide in the mid-1990s by Luke Laeser and Ed Strang. The folks that I know that did this problem don't actually wish to take the FA (in text), as they even are not sure if they had the FA. Just for a small gesture on history, there used to be Gill arrows in the Texas Block region, near the Griddle Block, last photographed in the mid-1990s. Jul 9, 2016

Thanks for the history lesson. The day that I first looked at this problem was the day I met you all out at this boulder. I had asked around and the best history I could get was that it was an abandoned Loomis project that had stirred up some controversy over alleged chipping of holds. If anyone's got a better/more relevant name, please share. Jul 13, 2016

Thanks, Kevin! Both Nick and I know folks who did this problem at disparate time frames since the late 1990s. However, nobody had decided to name it because of the prominent nature of the boulder in that area, as they are not sure that they were the FA. You picked a great name for it, and unless anyone who did it previously decides to change the name, Goodbye Blue Sky will remain the name. Regardless of the name, it's a great problem and a solid send. I hope this summer finds you well and in search of great problems to share. Jul 13, 2016

It sure would be nice to be able to reach that right hand move from the ledge foot like in the video. Dec 9, 2016