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Playing with a Full Deck

5.11d V4 PG13, TR, Boulder, 20 ft (6 m),  Avg: 3.3 from 6 votes
FA: unknown
Pennsylvania > Northwest > McConnells Mill SP > Rim Rd Climbing… > Casino Boulder

Description

Follow the only visible route up the middle of Casino Boulder, using barely there crimps and sidepulls facing the wrong direction. The crux comes about 2/3 of the way up, holds thin out almost entirely before the top. Plant your feet, spread your weight, and pray that you have a good spot if you don't make it.

I've bouldered up to V5 in a few other areas in the NE, and can't make an ounce of progress on this bad boy at the crux. So, with that said, I don't know how accurate the V3 grade is but that's what the old guidebook has it as.

Protection

Pads & (good) spotters.

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A few moves before the crux.
[Hide Photo] A few moves before the crux.
Another angle a couple moves before the crux.
[Hide Photo] Another angle a couple moves before the crux.

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Mike McKelvey
Pittsburgh, PA
  5.11d V4 PG13
[Hide Comment] Not sure of what to do at the crux either. Feet just disappear. Fun project though! Aug 31, 2017
D E Griffith
Morgantown, WV
  5.11d V3
[Hide Comment] Fall is pretty safe with three pads stacked. Embrace the cheese grater. Jun 15, 2024