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Africa Tattoo

V7-8, Boulder,  Avg: 2.9 from 7 votes
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Description

On the far left of the boulder, there is a distinct bulge. Start on terrible holds and compress your way up.

***UPDATE*** Sit start has been done. Apparently goes at V11. 

Protection

1 - 2 pads.

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[Hide Comment] sit start has been climbed by mike McCracken a few years back goes at v11, hardest a power lines as of 2018. Nov 25, 2018
[Hide Comment] yea, I haven't updated in a while haha Dec 5, 2018
Daniel Negless
New York, NY
 
[Hide Comment] Pretty sweet compression problem. Good conditions help. Beta: youtu.be/-NT8HRYwvKs Nov 7, 2020
[Hide Comment] part of africa fell into the sea imgur.com/smfD77B decently smaller and at a worse angle for compression but still manageable. there are some different betas out there that don't use it at all tho. Nov 10, 2023