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Speed of Life

V7-8, Boulder,  Avg: 1.6 from 7 votes
FA: Gabor Szekely
Maryland > Northwest Branch > Long Wall

Description

Start on two crimps under the lip in the middle of the front face of the Easter Egg boulder, either with a high left heel hook on the jug, or some other creative foot placement. Go up to the lip, up to the sloper above that, and then top out.

Location

Middle of the front face of the Easter Egg boulder, which is just uphill from the far (right) side of the Long Wall.

Protection

1-2 pads.

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Circles mark start holds.
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Starting crimps
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Stacked some pads and questioning my life choices
[Hide Photo] Stacked some pads and questioning my life choices

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Robin Close
Columbia, Maryland
[Hide Comment] Starting with the heel already in place always made this one feel a lot easier to me, maybe as low as 5ish, but plenty of others have felt that 7 or 8 is right on. Don't let that stop you though! The balancey sequence through the beginning is really fun, whatever grade you give it. It also goes from a full sit, and with a decent toe placement, the heel hook isn't even needed. Jun 29, 2020
Tyler Heitmann
Baltimore, MD
  V7
[Hide Comment] My beta: instagram.com/p/Ca3AFN_OztL/
I stacked some pads to set the heel. Mar 8, 2022
Connor Mattes
 
[Hide Comment] The jug at the top of this sounded pretty hollow and flexed a bit when I was on it, so be careful. Oct 24, 2022