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Meat Grinder

V4, Boulder, 12 ft (4 m),  Avg: 2.8 from 8 votes
FA: unknown
Massachusetts > Eastern, MA > Middlesex Fells > Wright's Park > Slanted Boulder

Description

Stand start with your left hand on a sloper and your right hand on the arete/rail. Move up into the rail/arete. The meat hook jug is your first target. Next comes the topout.

There is a sit start that would go at a couple grades higher, maybe V6 or V7. (Are you reading this, Pete?)

Location

This is to the left of Meat Hook.

Protection

A pad.

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Adam Grimm
  V5
[Hide Comment] Great climb, cooler moves and spicier than Hyperion. Felt a bit harder too. A lower start would be sweet and be at least V6. Jun 26, 2016
Dan Rogers
Newton, MA
[Hide Comment] Is the description for the start correct? I was looking for this problem yesterday, and most of the ticks seem to say it's LH on the arete and RH on a small sloper/crimp/pocket, which made a lot more sense.

I can try to take a better picture and X the start holds the next time I'm over there.

Pretty cool route with a pretty bad landing. I have two pads and was still a little sketched as a solo climber. Apr 26, 2023
Tim McGivern
Medford, ma
  V4
[Hide Comment] Either start is legit. Walk up, and climb it. There are no formal starting holds when climbing outside. May 1, 2023